† ˈgod-ˌbairn Obs. rare.
[Cf. OSw. gudhbarn, mod.Sw. gudabarn.]
= god-child.
| 1014 Wulfstan Serm. ad Anglos in Hom. (1883) 160 Godsibbas and godbearn to fela man forspilde. 1558 Richmond. Wills (Surtees) 113 Item I gyue to euery godbayrne I haue iiij{supd}., and to euery scoller I haue ij{supd}. |
b. god-bairn gift: a present made to a god-child.
| 1535 Lyndesay Satyre 788 Quhat salbe my Godbairne gift. 1579 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1814) III. 164 The samyne landis beand gevin in godbairne gift to the erle of huntly be þe cardinall. a 1605 Montgomerie Misc. Poems iv. 24 Quhy did the gods for godbarne-gift me geive Ambrosian bread..? |