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gódian

  • verb [ weak ]
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intrans. To be or to become good, be prosperous. Cf. gód; III. 1.
with a noun as subject
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  • Eówer kynedóm gódað þurh heora gódan geearnunga. Hml. S. 5, 444.

  • Hié beóð suíðe ungesǽlige, ðonne hié yfeliað for ðǽm ðe óðre menn gódigað (gódiað,

    v. l.) quantae infelicitatis sint, qui melioratione proximi deteriores fiunt,

      Past. 231, 19.
with
hit as subject
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  • Wolde man geswícan þára mándǽda, þonne gódade hit sóna

    if people would cease to do evil, then would it soon be well with us,

      Wlfst. 243, 21.

  • Hý águnnon rǽdes gýman and hit ágann mid heom gódian,

      14, 14.
trans.
the object a person,
to make good, to give an appearance of being good
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  • Gé wǽron þá þe eów sylfe gódiaþ (rihtwísiað, v. l.) beforan mannum

    vos estis qui justificatis vos coram hominibus,

      Gr. D. 40, 10.
to endow, furnish with
a material good
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  • Gódede

    indemtam (cirris crispantibus ),

      Hpt. Gl. 513, 77.
non-material
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  • Mattheus ... þæt is

    Donatus,

    on Englisc 'Forgifen' oððe 'Gegódod.' God hine gódode swá þæt hé hine áwende of tollere tó apostol,
      Hml. Th. ii. 468, 15.
the object a thing, material or non-material,
to set right, put in good order
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  • Gódiað eówre ágene wegas and ealle eówre dǽda,

      Wlfst. 49, 29.

  • Á hé mæig findan hwæt hé mæig on byrig bétan ... hús gódian, ... hegas gódian,

      Angl. ix. 262, 15-20.
to endow
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  • Ðá bohte se abbot landes feola and gódede ꝥ mynstre,

      Chr. 963; P. 117, 23.
to make abundant, accumulate. Cf. gód; V. 3
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  • Gódende

    cumulantem, i. multiplicantem,

      An. Ox. 1932.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. good; vb.]
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v. ge-gódian.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “gódian.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/51033.

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