godon

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French godon, speculatively connected to English God damn, although the profanity is not attested in Middle English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔ.dɔ̃/

Adjective

godon (feminine godonne, masculine plural godons, feminine plural godonnes)

1. (archaic, ethnic slur) English

Romanization

gōdōn

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐍉𐌳𐍉𐌽

Verb

godon

1. first-person plural present indicative of goder
2. first-person plural present subjunctive of goder
3. first-person plural imperative of goder

Etymology

Speculatively connected to English God damn, although the profanity is not attested in Middle English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔˈdũː/

Noun

godon m (plural godons, feminine singular godone, feminine plural godones)

1. (ethnic slur) Englishman
   • 15th century, anonymous (perhaps Olivier Basselin), “Chanson LXI”, in Armand Gasté, editor, Chansons normandes du XV^è siècle, 1866:

     Ne craignez point a les batre / ces Godons, panches a pois / Car vng de nous en vault quatre / Au moins en vault il bien troys

     Do not fear at all to fight them / These pea-bellied godons / Because one of us is worth four of them / [Or] at least, well worth three of them.

2. (derogatory) glutton

Adjective

godon m (feminine singular godone, masculine plural godons, feminine plural godones)

1. (ethnic slur) English
   • c. 1490, “Le Roy engloys”, in Manuscrit de Bayeux:

     Ils ont chargé l'artillerie sur mer / Force biscuit et chascun ung bidon / Et par la mer jusqu'en Bisquaye aller / Pour couronner leur petit roy godon.

     They embarked the artillery on ship / [With] many biscuits and each man a bottle / And went by sea up to Biscay / To crown their little godon king.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔdɔn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːdɔn/, /ˈɡɔdɔn/

Verb

godon

1. Soft mutation of codon.

Mutation