In Scots, a godmother or a woman serving in a maternal role; a female guardian or sponsor.
From Scots gude (god/good) + mother. Like gudefather, this represents the Scottish form of godmother, where the word for god shifted phonetically to gud.
Gudemother and gudefather show something beautiful about Scots—the words literally sound like they mean 'good parent,' which might actually preserve what godparents were supposed to represent: morally good guides for children.
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