goði
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Faroese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
goði m (genitive singular goða, plural goðar)
- (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
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
goði m (genitive singular goða, nominative plural goðar)
- (historical) godi, an alternate title for a jarl, invoker or invokee, chief of a þing
Declension
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)
Declension
Declension of goði (weak an-stem)
Coordinate terms
- gyðja (feminine form)