Scots plural of gud or gude; goods or property in Scots dialect.
From Middle English and Scots gude + -s (plural marker). This can represent either plural 'gods' or 'good things' depending on context in historical Scots texts.
The word 'gudes' is genuinely ambiguous in old Scots texts—it could mean gods, goods, or good things—and historians sometimes can't be sure which meaning was intended without extensive context.
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