† godcund, a. Obs.
[f. god n. + -cund related to, of the nature of; cf. OS. godkund, OHG. gotkund.]
Divine, spiritual. (Only OE. and ME.)
| a 900 O.E. Chron. an. 601 Wel moniᵹe godcunde lare⁓owas. a 1000 Cædmon's Gen. 2612 Us ᵹewritu secᵹeað, godcunde bec, þæt [etc.]. c 1200 Ormin 14257 Crist..turrnde waterr inntill win þurrh hiss goddcunnde mahhte. c 1205 Lay. 10139 Þet he sende [MS. senden] him anan sumne godcundne man. |
† Hence godcunde (i.e. -cünde = OS., OHG. godkundi), godcundhede, -leȝc, godcun(d)ness, divinity, divine nature or power.
| c 1000 ælfric Hom. i. 24 (Gr.) Seo haliᵹe þrynnys..on anre godcundnysse æfre wuniᵹende. c 1000 Sax. Leechd. I. 152 Ðeos wyrt hæfð mid hyre sume wundorlice godcundnesse. a 1200 Moral Ode 389 God is so mere & swa muchel in his godcunnesse þat [etc.]. c 1200 Ormin 1357 Jesu Crist iss..Soþ Godd i Goddcunndnesse. Ibid. 1388 All swa comm Cristess Goddcunndleȝȝc All cwicc upp intill heoffne. c 1205 Lay. 24960 Godd sulf hit makede þurh his godd-cunde. c 1220 Bestiary 592 He speken godcundhede And wikke is here dede. |