godsib

== English == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Middle English godsib; doublet of gossip; see those entries for more. === Noun === godsib (plural godsibs) (chiefly historical or anthropology) One's sibling or kin via a godfamily tie: one's or one's child's godparent, or one's godchild's parent, or one's godparent's child. 2006, David Postles, Joel Thomas Rosenthal, Studies on the Personal Name in Later Medieval England and Wales (Western Michigan Univ.): […] where 34 % of testators who mentioned godchildren were homonymous with those godsibs. === Further reading === “godsib”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == 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 one's sponsor at baptism or confirmation, a godparent a close friend or companion; buddy, pal a gossip. (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?) ==== Descendants ==== English: gossip, godsib