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). < | 
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