godking

Comparative Mythology: 1. A demigod, the offspring of a god and a woman, or of a hero and a godde or nymph. 2. A monarch regarded as a divinity either in vir tue of his own claims or by the sycophancy of his courtiers. "Consult the Charm ides of Plato (v.) for a remarkable account of the theory of such a treatment attributed by *god-cunde, a. [A. S. godcund. ] 1. Of the nature of God. "Jesu Crist in His goddcunnde kind i." 2. Holy, religious. Ormulum , 5,872. "Senden him anon sum me godcunde mon." Layamon, i. 432. god-dâugh-ter ( gh silent), s. [Eng. god , and daughter (q. v.).] A female for whom one stands sponsor at baptism. "To do favor to the queen that was his goddaughter ." -Baker: Henry I. (an. 1104.) *god-dēde, s. [ A.S.góddæd ; O. H. Ger. guottát .] Good deeds, kindne , mercy. "To thonki Godd of His grace and of His goddede."Hali Meidenhad, p. 19. god-dě , *god-des, *god-de e, s. [Eng.god; -e .] 1. A female god; a heathen deity of the female sex. "After the dethe sche was made a godde e."-Trevis a, ii. 299. 2. A woman of preeminent qualities or charms. "A woman I forswore; but I will prove, Thou being a godde , I forswore not thee." Shakesp .: Love's Labor's Lost , iv. 3. god-dě -like, a. [Eng. godde ; -like.] Resembling a godde . "She's punished for her truth; and undergoes, More godde like than wifelike, such a aults." Shakesp.: Cymbeline, iii. 2. *god-dě -ship, s. [Eng. godde ; -ship.] The So crates to Zamolxis, the god- king of the Thracians."- rank, state, or condition of a godde . Matthew Arnold: Literature and Dogma (1873), p. 144. (Note.) *god-lore, s. The knowledge of divinities either real or fabulous; mythology. "Thus we see a sort of mystic poesy connecting itself with the mystic god - lore ."- Ritter : Hist. of Ancient Philos ophy (ed. Morrison), i. 139. God-man, s. One both God and man; applied to our Lord. God-speed, s. Succe , prosperity, or good fortune; spec if., a prosperous journey. "Receive him not into your house, neither bid him God-speed."-2 John 10. *God-tide, s. Christmas.