gydja
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Swedish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Old Norse gyðja, from Proto-Germanic *gudjǭ, feminine form of masculine *gudjô, the ancestor of goði.
Noun
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- (Germanic paganism) pagan priestess, gythja
- 1896, Arnliot Gällina: historisk roman, Stockholm: Bonnier, page 49:
- Till denna tid hade hofvets gydja mycket att syssla med för att hinna feja Frös skära och Tors kärra, att smycka Odins häst, att sömma nya dräkter, om så behöfdes, åt de mäktiga gudarna, att skura kopparkärlen till den stora offermåltiden, hålla skålar och bollar färdiga till dryckjom, mottaga sammanskottsmjödet och matvarorna till gillet, otaliga saker, som redan många dagar före festen satte henne och hennes tjänarinnor i liflig rörelse.
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Declension
Declension of gydja
Coordinate terms
- gode (“pagan priest”)