god-bairn gift

English

Etymology

From Scots.

Noun

god-bairn gift (plural god-bairn gifts)

1. (obsolete) A gift for a grandchild
   • 1688 [c. 1583], Alexander Montgomerie, The Flyting Betwixt Polwart and Montgomery, page 23:

     For they their god-bairn gifts wowld give, […]

Further reading

• “god-bairn gift, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.