godwilling

1. alternativeAlternative form of God willing.

   That I may cleare all men againe in generall & then, godwilling, I will not desire a penny more then I haue received, till the sow Ironn cast do countervaile it.

   1887, Richard Boyle Earl of Cork, Alexander Balloch Grosart, The Lismore Papers of Richard Boyle

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   But, of all kinde of paſtimes, fitte foꝛ a Ientleman, I will, godwilling, in fitter place, moꝛe at large, declare fullie, in my booke of the Cockpitte: which I do wꝛite, to ſatiſfie ſom, I truſt, with ſom reaſon, that be moꝛe curious, in marking other mens doinges, than carefull in mendyng their owne faultes.

   a. 1569 (date written), Roger Ascham, “The First Booke for the Youth [Teachyng the Brynging vp of Youth]”, in Margaret Ascham, editor, The Scholemaster: Or Plaine and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Vnderstand, Write, and Speake, the Latin Tong, […], London: […] John Daye, […], published 1570, →OCLC, folio 20, recto

   Knowing that there are seven hundred and twenty radii, I might calculate, godwilling, the number of seven day cycles that I had endured since the cessation of my toil, if I knew the number of times I had traversed each of the seven hundred and twenty radii, but I did not.

   2008, Michael H. Phillips, Diacatholicon, page 46

1. alternativenot comparableAlternative form of God willing.

   I am about to hit a button at the base of the back of the vest, Godwilling, that will arm it.

   2016, Yusuf Toropov, Jihadi: A Love Story

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   ...so, on the other pairt, it wes to me no small confort that I sould now liue and, Godwilling, end my dayes in the tyme of a most gratious Pharao, who bothe knowes and will not forgett his evir deutisull and devoited Joseph.

   1838, Publications - Issue 13, Edinburgh: Abbotsford Club, page 223

   By vertue whereof, they do hereby Declare and Publish, That they intend (Godwilling) in convenient time, to alter and abolish all such Lawes in the same, as shall be found inconsistent with the Government of the Common-wealth of England, or the Union and Incorporation of England and Scotland, and to frame and make others in their room.

   1895, Scottish History Society, Publications - Volume 18, page 44

plural Godwillings

1. UKobsoletebusinessA printed circular sent in advance by a travelling salesman to customers, naming the dates on which he hoped to visit them.