goði

From Old Norse goði.

• IPA^(key): /koːjɪ/
• Rhymes: -oːjɪ

goði m (genitive singular goða, plural goðar)

1. (historical) godi, an alternate title for a jarl

From Old Norse goði.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːðɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔːðɪ

goði m (genitive singular goða, nominative plural goðar)

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

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).

goði m (genitive goða, plural goðar)

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

• gyðja (feminine form)

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