godspell

Old English

Alternative forms

godspel

Etymology

Analysed as God +‎ spell, literally “God-message”, an alteration of earlier Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from gōd (“good”) +‎ spell (“message, news”), a calque of Ecclesiastical Latin bona annūntiātiō or bonus nūntius, which was a then-current explanation of the meaning of Ecclesiastical Latin ēvangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡodˌspell/, [ˈɡodˌspeɫ]

Noun

godspell n

gospel

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

godspellian (“evangelize”)
godspellere (“evangelist”)

Descendants

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
- English: gospel
→ Old Norse: guðspjall (calque)
- Icelandic: guðspjall

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