guðspjall

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse guðspjall, equivalent to góðr (“good”) + spjall (“tidings, events”).

Probably a calque of Old English godspell, from earlier Old English *gōdspell ("good news"), used to translate (as a calque) Ecclesiastical Latin bona annuntiatio, itself a translation of Ecclesiastical Latin evangelium / Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “evangel”), literally "good news".

Pronunciation

Noun

guðspjall n (genitive singular guðspjalls, nominative plural guðspjöll)

  1. gospel

Declension

    Declension of guðspjall
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative guðspjall guðspjallið guðspjöll guðspjöllin
accusative guðspjall guðspjallið guðspjöll guðspjöllin
dative guðspjalli guðspjallinu guðspjöllum guðspjöllunum
genitive guðspjalls guðspjallsins guðspjalla guðspjallanna
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