godspellere

godspellere

1. (Early Middle English) alternative form of gospellere

godspell +‎ -ere

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡodˌspel.le.re/, [ˈɡodˌspeɫ.ɫe.re]

godspellere m

1. evangelist
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints

     Marcus sē godspellere be godes dihte ġefōr to Aegipta lande and þǣr lǣrde þæt folc and to fulluhte ġebiġde frām þām fūlan hæþensċype.

     Mark the Evangelist went to Egypt by God's order and there taught its people and turned its people towards baptism and away from foul heathenism.

   • Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church

     Đes ylca apostol and godspellere becōm, þurh Godes sande, æfter Drihtnes upstiġe tō heofenum, tō Ethiopian, þæt is ðǣra Silhearwena rīce, and ġemette þǣr tweġen drȳmen, Zoroes and Arfaxað, dweliende þæt folc mid heora drȳcræfte.

     After the Lord's ascension to heaven, this same apostle and evangelist arrived in Ethiopia, that is, Silhearwena rice, through God's sending, where he met two sorcerers, Zoroes and Arfaxath, who were leading the people astray with their sorcery.

Strong ja-stem:

• godspellian

• Middle English: gospellere

• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “GODSPELLERE”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “GODSPELLERE supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.