god

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   good

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   good (something good or good things collectively)

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Ash-Wednesday" ...þæt is buh fram yfele and dō gōd.

   ...'Turn from evil, and do good.'

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   goods, possessions

   c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sundayin September, when Job is read" ...and his suna fērdon and ðēnode ǣlc ōðrum mid his gōdum on ymhwyrfte æt his hūse...

   ...and his sons went and served each other with his goods in turn at his house...

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   alternative letter-case form of God

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   god

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Passion of St. Julian and his wife Basilissa" Gehelp urum godum and hat to þe gefeccan þisne dry Iulianum þe ure goda anlicnysse mid ealle to-brytte...

   Help our gods, and command men to bring thee this sorcerer Julianus, who hath utterly broken the images of our gods,...

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "Saint George, Martyr" Nāst þū lā Geori þæt ūre godas swincað mid þē and ġit hī synd ġeþyldiġe þæt hī þe miltsion. Nū lǣre ic ðē swā swā lēofne sunu þæt ðū þæra cristenra lāre forlǣte mid ealle and tō mīnum rǣde hraðe ġebūge swā þæt ðū offriġe þām ārwurðan Appoline and þū mycelne wurðmynt miht swā beġitan.

   Knowest thou not, O George, that our gods are striving with thee, and even yet they are patient, that they may pity thee; now I exhort thee, as a beloved son, that thou altogether quit the Christians' doctrine, and quickly incline to my counsel, so that thou sacrifice to the venerable Apollo, and thou mayest so obtain great honour.

   late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Seven Sleepers" Nu ge þam mærum godum offrian nellað, ne beo ge me næfre heonon-forð swa wurðe ne swa leofe swa ge ær wæron...

   Since ye will not offer to the great gods, ye shall never henceforth be to me so worthy nor so dear as ye were before;...

   Hǣðensċipe biþ þæt man dēofolġield weorðiġe, þæt is þæt man weorðiġe hǣðenu godu and sunnan oþþe mōnan, fȳr oþþe flōd, wæterwiellas oþþe stānas oþþe ǣniġes cynnes wudutreowu, oþþe wiċċecræft lufiġe oþþe morðweorc ġefremme on ǣniġe wisan, oþþe on blōte oþþe frihte, oþþe swelcra gedwimera ǣniġ þing drēoge.

   Paganism is when you practice idolatry, that is, when you worship heathen gods and the sun or the moon, or fire or flood, or wells or stones or any kind of forest trees, or if you love witchcraft or commit murderous acts in any way, whether by sacrifice or by divination, or take any part in such delusions.

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   God

   Ġif God nǣre, þonne sċolde man hine āþenċan.

   If God didn't exist, we would have to invent him.

   Hwæt wāt iċ be Gode and be līfes andġiete? Iċ wāt þæt þēos weorold is.

   What do I know about God and the meaning of life? I know that this world exists.

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   past participle of -gian