mid Godes giefe

mid Godes giefe

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mid ˈɡo.des ˈji͜y.fe/, [mid ˈɡo.des ˈji͜y.ve]

Phrase

mid Godes ġiefe

1. by the grace of God
   • c. 885, King Alfred's will

     Iċ Ælfred cyning, mid Godes ġiefe and mid ġeþeahtunge Æðelrēdes ærċebisċopes and ealre Westseaxna witena ġewitnesse, smēade ymb mīnre sāwle þearfe and ymb mīn ierfe þæt mē God and mīne ieldran forġēafon, and ymb þæt ierfe þæt Æðelwulf cyning mīn fæder ūs þrīm ġebrōðrum becwæþ, Æðelbalde and Æðelrēde and mē, and swelċ ūre swelċe lenġest wǣre, sē fenġe tō eallum.

     I King Alfred, by the grace of God and with the advice of Archbishop Athelred, and the cognizance of the entire West Saxon council, have reflected on the needs of my soul and the inheritance that God and my elders gave me, and on the inheritance that my father King Athelwulf bequeathed to us three brothers, Athelbald and Athelred and me, with whoever lived the longest taking everything.