Etymology

godhead

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Today it means: Divinity or godhood, divine essence or nature. Full definition →

Middle English godhede
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godhead · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromgodhede
  2. English todaygodhead

Inherited from Middle English godhede, equivalent to god + -head (“-hood”). First attested in the Ancrene Wisse (ca. 1225); compare godhood and Dutch godheid as well as German Gottheit.

Godhead · proper noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromGodhede
  2. English todayGodhead

From Middle English Godhede, equivalent to God + -head (“-hood”). Doublet of godhead.

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