goði

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See also: góði and godi

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse goði.

Pronunciation

Noun

goði m (genitive singular goða, plural goðar)

  1. (historical) godi, an alternate title for a jarl

Declension

m1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative goði goðin goðar goðarnir
accusative goða goðan goðar goðarnar
dative goða goðanum goðum goðunum
genitive goða goðans goða goðanna

Icelandic

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Etymology

From Old Norse goði.

Pronunciation

Noun

goði m (genitive singular goða, nominative plural goðar)

  1. (historical) godi, an alternate title for a jarl, invoker or invokee, chief of a þing

Declension

Declension of goði (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative goði goðinn goðar goðarnir
accusative goða goðann goða goðana
dative goða goðanum goðum goðunum
genitive goða goðans goða goðanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Norse ᚷᚢᛞᛁᛃᚨ (gudija), from Proto-Germanic *gudjô. Cognate with Old English Gydda, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌾𐌰 (gudja, “priest”).

The development of this word is phonologically irregular; we would expect i-umlaut and -j- in the oblique cases, as we indeed find in the feminine equivalent gyðja. This is, however, not an unparallelled development from Proto-Norse to Old Norse; compare -riði (from Proto-Germanic *ridjô) and arfi (from Proto-Norse ᚨᚱᛒᛁᛃᚨᚾᛟ (arbijano, genitive plural), from Proto-Germanic *arbijô).

Noun

goði m (genitive goða, plural goðar)

  1. godi, invoker or invokee, chief of a þing or keeper of a sanctuary

Declension

Declension of goði (weak an-stem)
masculine singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative goði goðinn goðar goðarnir
accusative goða goðann goða goðana
dative goða goðanum goðum goðunum
genitive goða goðans goða goðanna

Coordinate terms

Descendants

  • Icelandic: goði
  • Faroese: goði
  • Norwegian: gode
  • Danish: gode
  • → English: godi, gothi
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