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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Goddes(se, n. Also: godes, god(d)as, goddace. [ME. goddesse, godesse (c 1350).] A goddess.(a) a1400 Leg. S. xxxi. 258.
That [honour] suld be bath mare & les Rycht as til a godes Ib. xli. 135.
Mak sacrifice … one til oure goddes [: wes] c1420 Wynt. ii. 256.
Thai sayde that scho thare wes Amang thare goddys as a goddes Ib. v. 2961.
Dame Westa … That wes bath goddes and lady c1450-2 Howlat 871.
Dame Nature … Quhom thai ressaif with reuerens, … As goddes and gyde a1500 Henr. Orph. 47.
Cleo, the fyft [muse], that now is a goddesse Ib. 111.
Proserpyne … Quhilk clepit is the goddes infernall c1500-c1512 Dunb. G. Targe 76.
Dyane the goddesse chaste of woddis grene 1513 Doug. i. Prol. 181.
Juno nor Venus goddessis neuer war c1552 Lynd. Mon. 2162.
And sum the gret goddes Mynarue, With curious collouris, thay wald carue a1585 Maitl. Q. xlviii. 106.
As goddes of all feminine, Of men to be adoird(b) a1500 Henr. III. 115/1.
Quhen fair Flora, the goddas [v.r. godas] of the flouris c1515 Asl. MS. I. 324/20.
Venus goddas of luf Ib. 324/25.
Proserpina goddas of hell 1562-3 Winȝet II. 21/24.
As the goddace of battell or as a furie