godsib

Middle English

Alternative forms

• godzybbe, gossyb, gossyp, gossybe, gossebe, godsyp, gossip, gossibbe, godsybbe, gossippe, godsip, gossheppe, gossep

Etymology

From Old English godsibb, equivalent to god +‎ sibbe.

Noun

godsib

1. One's sponsor at baptism or confirmation, a godparent
2. A close friend or companion; buddy, pal
3. A gossip.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Descendants

• English: gossip

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “godsib”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)