α. See god n. and int. and son n.1; also Scottish pre-1700 god soue (transmission error).
β. late Middle English cossone, late Middle English gosson, late Middle English gossone.
单词 | godson |
释义 | godsonn.α. See god n. and int. and son n.1; also Scottish pre-1700 god soue (transmission error). β. late Middle English cossone, late Middle English gosson, late Middle English gossone. A male godchild. Frequently with possessive. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > son > [noun] > godson godsoneOE society > faith > worship > sacrament > baptism > [noun] > spiritual relation of participants > godchild > godson godsoneOE eOE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Parker) anno 890 Godrum se norþerna cyning forþferde, þæs fulluhtnama wæs Ęþelstan, se wæs Ęlfredes cyninges godsunu. eOE tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (Tanner) iii. v. 168 Þa onfeng he him & nom æt fulwihte bæðe & æt þæs biscopes honda þære godcundan þegnunge him to godsuna [L. ipsum prius secunda generatione Deo dedicatum sibi accepit in filium]. OE Old Eng. Martyrol. (Julius) 25 Apr. 64 He [sc. Mark] wæs sancte Petres godsunu on fulwihte, ond he leornode æt him. c1250 in Mod. Lang. Notes (1934) 49 237 (MED) Confiliolitas, wlgo godsone and goddouter. c1350 (a1333) William of Shoreham Poems (1902) 67 (MED) Godfader wedded godsones child. 1420 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 45 Iohn Forster my godsonne. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 201 Godson, or gosson, filiolus. 1501 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 83 To sr Nycholas Kyng my godson vj s. viij d. and to eche othyr of my godsonys xij d. 1575 U. Fulwell Flower of Fame f. 24v This yong king of Scottes, was both Neuew and Godson vnto king Henry. 1663 J. D. tr. H. de Péréfixe de Beaumont Hist. Henry IV iii. 317 L' Oste was Clerk to Villeroy, and his Godson. 1749 L. Pilkington Mem. (new ed.) I. 268 He was so kind to give my Son, who is his God-son, Five Shillings. 1776 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1862) 2nd Ser. II. 208 He desires his love to you and blessing to his godson. a1839 W. M. Praed Poems (1864) II. 216 Your godson..Was entered at Eton last May. 1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest II. ix. 417 Earl Ralph had left a son, a namesake, probably a godson of the great Earl. 1951 A. L. Rowse Eng. Past 24 Harington was the Queen's godson—clever,..naughty, a light-weight, perpetrator of puns and practical jokes. 2011 Vanity Fair Nov. 200/2 Her romance with..an art dealer and a godson of Camilla Parker Bowles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.eOE |
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