godfearing

See also: god-fearing and God-fearing

English

Etymology

From god +‎ fearing, likely an alteration of Middle English goddfrihti (“god-fearing”, literally “god-frighty”) and god-friht (“god-fearing”) (whence modern English god-fright), from Old English godfyrht (“god-fearing”). Compare Old High German gotforht (“god-fearing”).

Adjective

godfearing (comparative more godfearing, superlative most godfearing)

1. Acting with obedience to rules established by a deity out of fear of the power of that deity.
2. Devout; pious; very religious.

Derived terms

• godfearingly
• godfearingness

Translations

obedient to a deity

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: gudfrygtig
• Dutch: godvrezende (nl)
• Finnish: Jumalaa pelkäävä, jumalaa pelkäävä
• German: gottesfürchtig (de)
• Polish: bogobojny (pl)
• Russian: богобоязненный (ru) (bogobojaznennyj)
• Swedish: gudfruktig (sv)
• Ukrainian: богобоязли́вий (uk) (bohobojazlývyj), богобоя́зни́й (bohobojáznýj), богобоязки́й (uk) (bohobojazkýj)

religiously devout

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: gudfrygtig
• Dutch: godvrezende (nl)
• Finnish: harras (fi), hurskas (fi), uskonnollinen (fi)
• German: gottesfürchtig (de)
• Hungarian: istenfélő (hu)
• Polish: bogobojny (pl), pobożny (pl)
• Swedish: gudfruktig (sv)
• Vietnamese: ngoan đạo (vi)