godspel

Old English

Etymology

From gōd (“good”) +‎ spel (“news, message”), calque of Ecclesiastical Latin bona annuntiatio or bonus nuntius, which was a then-current explanation of the meaning of Ecclesiastical Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”) (English evangel).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːdspel/

Noun

gōdspel n (nominative plural gōdspel)

(Christianity) gospel

Declension

Declension of godspel (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	gōdspel	gōdspel
accusative	gōdspel	gōdspel
genitive	gōdspeles	gōdspela
dative	gōdspele	gōdspelum

Descendants

Middle English: gospel, gospell, godspel, godspell, goddspell
- English: gospel
→ Old Norse: guðspjall (calque)
- Icelandic: guðspjall

Old Saxon

Etymology

From gōd (“good”) +‎ spel (“news, message”), calque of Ecclesiastical Latin bona annuntiatio or bonus nuntius, which was a then-current explanation of the meaning of Ecclesiastical Latin evangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”) (English evangel).

Noun

gōdspel n

(Christianity) gospel

Declension

Declension of gōdspel (neuter a-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	gōdspel	gōdspel
accusative	gōdspel	gōdspel
genitive	gōdspeles	gōdspelō
dative	gōdspele	gōdspelun
instrumental	—	—

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