goð
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Icelandic
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
goð n (genitive singular goðs, nominative plural goð)
Declension
Derived terms
Old Norse
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *gudą (“god”). Cognate with Old English god, Old Frisian god, Old Saxon god, Old Dutch got, Old High German got, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ).
Pronunciation
Noun
goð n (genitive goðs, plural goð)
- (Germanic paganism) a god, at times more specifically a member of the æsir
- (Christianity, especially in compounds) a god of any polytheism, understood as a false god
- Clemens saga 2, in 1874, C. R. Unger, Postola sögur: Legendariske fortællinger om apostlernes liv. Copenhagen, page 127:
- […] i musteri solar goþs, es Apollo heiter […]
- in the temple of the god of the sun, who is called Apollo
- Clemens saga 2, in 1874, C. R. Unger, Postola sögur: Legendariske fortællinger om apostlernes liv. Copenhagen, page 127:
Declension
| neuter | singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | goð | goðit | goð | goðin |
| accusative | goð | goðit | goð | goðin |
| dative | goði | goðinu | goðum | goðunum |
| genitive | goðs | goðsins | goða | goðanna |
Derived terms
- draumagoð (“Morpheus”)
- goðablót (“sacrifice to the gods”)
- goðagremi (“gods' wrath for oath-breaking”)
- goðaheill (“gods' favor”)
- goðahús (“temple”)
- goðareiði (“gods' wrath for oath-breaking”)
- goðastallar (“temple-altar”)
- goðastúka (“sanctuary”)
- goðatala (“tale of gods”)
- goðborinn (“god-born”)
- goðbrúðr (“Skadi”)
- goðdómr (“godhead”)
- goðgá (“blasphemy”)
- goðheimr (“home of the gods”)
- goðkonungr (“king”)
- goðkunnigr, goðkyndr (“of the kith of gods”)
- goðmálugr (“skilled in the lore of the gods”)
- goðmǫgn (“divine powers, deities”)
- goðorð (“priest's authority”)
- goðorðslauss (“without a priest's authority”)
- goðorðsmaðr (“owner of a priest's authority”)
- goðorðsmál (“action concerning priest's authority”)
- goðorðstilkall (“claim to a priest's authority”)
- goðrifi (“scorn of the gods”)
- goðrækr (“godforsaken, wicked”)
- goðvargr (“one who commits sacrilege in a temple”)
- goðvarðr (“protected, defended by the gods”)
- goðvefr (“velvet, costly weaving”)
- goðvegr (“way of the gods”)
- orrostugoð (“Mars”)
- sólargoð (“Apollo”)
Related terms
Descendants
- Icelandic: goð n
Further reading
- Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874) “goð”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press, page 207
- Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “goð”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 169; also available at the [https://archive.org/stream/concisedictionar001857
- page/169 Internet Archive]