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Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse goð.
Pronunciation
Noun
goð n (genitive singular goðs, nominative plural goð)
- an idol, a pagan god
Declension
Declension of goð (neuter)
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
- (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɡoð/
Noun
goð n (genitive goðs, plural goð)
- (Germanic paganism) a god, at times more specifically a member of the æsir
- Vǫluspá, verse 6, lines 3-4, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:
- ginnheilög goð, / ok um þat gættusk:
- most holy gods, / and held council:
- (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 solar god, as Apollo is called
Declension
Declension of goð (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
- guð (“1. being known to answer when invoked; 2. infinite God of monotheism”)
- goði (“alternate title for a jarl, invoker or invokee”)
- gyðja (“1. a female goð; 2. a female goði”)
- gyzki (“wonder”)
Descendants
References
- goð in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
- goð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.