单词 | god-bairn |
释义 | god-bairnn. Chiefly Scottish and English regional (northern) in later use. = godchild n.Apparently unattested between the Old English period and the 16th cent.; however, compare use as surname in Middle English (see etymological note). ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > [noun] > godchild godchild?c1225 god-bairn1558 society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [noun] > spiritual relation of participants > godchild god-bairn1558 OE Wulfstan Sermo ad Anglos (Nero) (1957) 270 And godsibbas & godbearn to fela man forspilde wide gynd þas þeode. OE Wulfstan Christian Life (Hatton) 209 Godfæder his godbearn lufie & lære & unrihtes styre [L. filios quos in baptismo suscepistis docete, castigate, et corripite]. 1558 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 113 Item I gyue to euery godbayrne I haue iiijd., and to euery scoller I haue ijd. 1647 J. Hope Diary 20 June in Misc. Sc. Hist. Soc. (1919) III. 138 All ye rest being yr Godbairns. 1853 Home Friend 3 439 Queen Elizabeth sent her ‘god-bairn’ a cupboard of plate. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Godbairn, godchild. 1924 P. MacKaye Kinfolk of Robin Hood ii, in C. S. Thomas Atlantic Bk. Junior Plays 37 Aye, aye, a blessin' o' William, my ain god-bairn! Compounds god-bairn gift n. (also god-bairn's gift) now historical a present made to a godchild. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > payment to specific person > to godparents > to godchild god-bairn gift1506 1506–7 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1901) III. 364 At the cristinnying of James Loganis barne..Item, to the godbarne gift to the samyn. 1535 D. Lindsay Satyre 788 Quhat salbe my Godbairne gift. 1579 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1814) III. 164 The samyne landis beand gevin in godbairne gift to the erle of huntly be þe cardinall. a1600 A. Montgomerie Misc. Poems iv. 24 Quhy did the gods for godbarne-gift me geive Ambrosian bread? 1673 S. Colvil Grand Impostor Discovered Pref. sig. B2 The next thing observable, is the God-bairn gift, or the title of Universal Bishop, conferred by Phocas upon Bonefacius third Bishop of Rome. a1691 Visct. Kingston Hist. House Seytoun Contin. (1829) 63 Queen Mary..gave to him ane godbairne gift, the lands of Pluscalie, in Murray. 1836 in New Statist. Acct. Scotl. (1845) X. 118 These..were commonly said to have been a god bairn gift. 1854 A. Strickland Lives Queens Eng. (new ed.) V. ii. 57 Then every ane of them, by order, made their presents as god-bairn gifts. 1983 M. Lee in I. B. Cowan & D. Shaw Renaissance & Reformation in Scotl. 170 Queen Mary, his godmother, gave him the lands of the priory of Pluscarden as a godbairn's gift. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.OE |
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