half-godn.

Etymology: Compare Old High German halbgot (German halbgott).

= demigod n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > demigod or hero

kingeOE

half-godc1374

semigoda1464

heroa1522

demigod1530

indigetec1550

petty god1581

under-god1583

heroic1586

godling1596

semi-deity?1624

goddikin1675

medioxumus1677

godkin1765

man-god1826

godlet1884

c1374 Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1517 (1545) Satiry and fawny..That halue goddes ben of wildernesse.

c1385 Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 387 For they ben half goddys in this world here.

1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xvi. 28 Bacchus, Ceres, Perseus, Hercules, Theseus and many other, who..came to be accompted gods and halfe gods or goddesses.

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 39 Those magesticke Heroes, or halfe-gods.

1895 A. Nutt Voy. Bran I. 261 The godlike kin of the heroes, whom the older world called half-gods.

1901 J. Joyce Day of Rabblement 8 The Adoration of the Magi..shows what Mr. Yeats can do when he breaks with the half-gods.

1916 ‘A. E.’ National Being ii. 14 The gods departed, the half-gods also.

1951 L. MacNeice tr. Goethe Faust i. 56 A half-god has dashed it asunder!

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2015).

单词	half-god
释义	half-godn. Etymology: Compare Old High German halbgot (German halbgott). = demigod n. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > [noun] > demigod or hero kingeOE half-godc1374 semigoda1464 heroa1522 demigod1530 indigetec1550 petty god1581 under-god1583 heroic1586 godling1596 semi-deity?1624 goddikin1675 medioxumus1677 godkin1765 man-god1826 godlet1884 c1374 Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1517 (1545) Satiry and fawny..That halue goddes ben of wildernesse. c1385 Chaucer Legend Good Women Prol. 387 For they ben half goddys in this world here. 1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. xvi. 28 Bacchus, Ceres, Perseus, Hercules, Theseus and many other, who..came to be accompted gods and halfe gods or goddesses. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 39 Those magesticke Heroes, or halfe-gods. 1895 A. Nutt Voy. Bran I. 261 The godlike kin of the heroes, whom the older world called half-gods. 1901 J. Joyce Day of Rabblement 8 The Adoration of the Magi..shows what Mr. Yeats can do when he breaks with the half-gods. 1916 ‘A. E.’ National Being ii. 14 The gods departed, the half-gods also. 1951 L. MacNeice tr. Goethe Faust i. 56 A half-god has dashed it asunder! This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2015). < n.c1374
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