godspell

== Middle English == === Noun === godspell (especially Early Middle English) alternative form of gospel == Old English == === Alternative forms === godspel === Etymology === Analysed as God +‎ spell, literally “God-message”, an alteration of earlier gōdspell (“good news”), from gōd (“good”) +‎ spell (“message, news”), a calque from Ecclesiastical Latin bona annūntiātiō or bonus nūntius, which was a then-current explanation of the meaning of Ecclesiastical Latin ēvangelium, from Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “good news”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡodˌspell/, [ˈɡodˌspeɫ] === Noun === godspell n gospel Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: gospel, gospell, godspel, godspell English: gospel (see there for further descendants) Scots: gospel → Old Norse: guðspjall (calque) Icelandic: guðspjall