- godnes
- goodness, virtue
The Old English to English . 2014.
godnes
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gódnes — f ( se/ sa) goodness, virtue; good will, beneficence, kindliness; good thing … Old to modern English dictionary
virtue — godnes … English to the Old English
goodness — godnes, god, godness … English to the Old English
goodness — /good nis/, n. 1. the state or quality of being good. 2. moral excellence; virtue. 3. kindly feeling; kindness; generosity. 4. excellence of quality: goodness of workmanship. 5. the best part of anything; essence; strength. 6. a euphemism for God … Universalium
goodness — O.E. godnes goodness, virtue, kindliness; see GOOD (Cf. good) (adj.) + NESS (Cf. ness). In exclamations from 1610s, first recorded being for goodnesse sake, i.e. as you trust in the goodness of God … Etymology dictionary
a live dog is better than a dead lion — With allusion to ECCLESIASTES ix. 4 (AV) To him that is joined to all the living, there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion. c 1390 in Minor Poems of Vernon MS (EETS) 534 Better is a quick [living] and an hol hounde Then a ded… … Proverbs new dictionary
goodness — [good′nis] n. [ME goodnesse < OE godnes] 1. the state or quality of being good; specif., a) virtue; excellence b) kindness; generosity; benevolence 2. the best part, essence, or valuable element of a thing interj. used to express surprise or… … English World dictionary
goodness — n. & int. n. 1 virtue; excellence, esp. moral. 2 kindness, generosity (had the goodness to wait). 3 what is good or beneficial in a thing (vegetables with all the goodness boiled out). int. (as a substitution for God ) expressing surprise, anger … Useful english dictionary
