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and Achit., i. 50. goetic reflected in Casaubon's translation (1611) " Dei ingenium, " ," and that which makes it 'good creature' ( god , good, + wiht , wight, creature), "from the excellence of their flesh" or for some other reason, are improbable; and absence of early record makes it hazardous to a ume a popular corruption of a ME. form goat head (through #gothed , *godded, > * goddet , > godwit ) . The dial. godwin is later, *goddit, > godwit). Dryden, Epic Poetry. appar. conformed to the surname Godwin .] Godwin.] A bird of the genus Limosa ; a barge; a go at head. For Æneas was actually wounded in the twelfth of the Æneis, though he had the same god smith to forge his arms as had Achilles. godson (god's un), n. [= Sc. gudes on ; go on (cf. go ip ), godsunu (= Sw. gudson, gus on = Dan. gudsön), sunu , son.] A male godchild. His name was cleped Dionas, and many tymes Diane com to speke with hym, that was the godde e, and was with hym many dayes, for he was hir godsone . Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 307. Tell a' your neebours whan ye gae hame, That Earl Richard's your gude - son . Earl Richard (Child's Ballads, III. 399). What, did my father's godson seek your life? He whom my father nam'd? your Edgar? Shak ., Lear, ii. 1. God-speed (god'spēd'), n. [ God speed you , i. e., I wish that God may speed or prosper you, mixed with good speed , i. e., 'I wish that you may have good speed or succe .' See good speed, under good .] A wish of succe or prosperity; specifically, as a wish in behalf of another, a prosperous journey. Receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed [and give him no greeting, R. V.] 2 John 10. Ile slit her nose by this light, and she were ten ladies; twas not for nothing my husband said hee should meete her this evening at Adonis chappell; but and I come to the God - speed on 't, Ile tell em on 't soundly. Ile of Gulls (1633). IMG:content-2473.png:[blocks in formation] A.. green terrace or platform on which the church stands, and which in ancient times was the churchyard, or, as the Germans more devoutly say, God's-acre.