goði

See also: góði and godi

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse goði.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koːjɪ/
• Rhymes: -oːjɪ

Noun

goði m (genitive singular goða, plural goðar)

1. (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

From Old Norse goði.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːðɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːðɪ

Noun

goði m (genitive singular goða, nominative plural goðar)

1. (historical) godi, an alternate title for a jarl, invoker or invokee, chief of a þing

Declension

Declension of goði (masculine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	goði	goðinn	goðar	goðarnir
accusative	goða	goðann	goða	goðana
dative	goða	goðanum	goðum	goðunum
genitive	goða	goðans	goða	goðanna

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)

1. godi, invoker or invokee, chief of a þing or keeper of a sanctuary

Declension

Declension of goði (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	goði	goðinn	goðar	goðarnir
accusative	goða	goðann	goða	goðana
dative	goða	goðanum	goðum	goðunum
genitive	goða	goðans	goða	goðanna

Coordinate terms

• gyðja (feminine form)

Descendants

• Icelandic: goði
  • → Swedish: gode
• Faroese: goði
• Norwegian: gode
• Danish: gode
• → English: godi, gothi