goð

See also: góð

Icelandic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔːð/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːð

Noun

goð n (genitive singular goðs, nominative plural goð)

  1. an idol, a pagan god

Declension
declension of goð
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative goð goðið goð goðin
accusative goð goðið goð goðin
dative goði goðinu goðum goðunum
genitive goðs goðsins goða goðanna

Derived terms

Old Norse

Alternative forms
  • guð (“Christian God”)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gudą (“god”). Cognate with Old English god, Old Frisian god, Old Saxon god, Old Dutch got, Old High German got, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ).
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutóm (“invoked”).

Pronunciation
  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɡoð/

Noun

goð n (genitive goðs, plural goð)

  1. (Heathenry) a god, deity (specifically of the Norse pantheon, but also of any god)
    • Vǫluspá, verse 6, lines 3-4, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2:
      […] ginnheilög goð, / ok um þat gættusk: […]
      […] most holy gods, / and held council: […]
  2. (Christianity, especially in compounds) a heathen god, false god
    • Clemens saga 2, in 1874, C. R. Unger, Postola sögur: Legendariske fortællinger om apostlernes liv. Copenhagen, page 127:
      […] i musteri solar goþs, es Apollo heiter […]
      […] in the temple of the solar god, as Apollo is called […]

Declension
  Declension of goð (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative goð goðit goð goðin
accusative goð goðit goð goðin
dative goði goðinu goðum goðunum
genitive goðs goðsins goða goðanna

Derived terms
Terms derived from goð
  • draumagoð (“Morpheus”)
  • goðablót (“sacrifice to the gods”)
  • goðagremi (“gods' wrath for oath-breaking”)
  • goðaheill (“gods' favor”)
  • goðahús (“temple”)
  • goðareiði (“gods' wrath for oath-breaking”)
  • goðastallar (“temple-altar”)
  • goðastúka (“sanctuary”)
  • goðatala (“tale of gods”)
  • goðborinn (“god-born”)
  • goðbrúðr (“Skadi”)
  • goðdómr (“godhead”)
  • goðgá (“blasphemy”)
  • goðkonungr (“king”)
  • goðkunnigr, goðkyndr (“of the kith of gods”)
  • goðheimr (“home of the gods”)
  • goðmálugr (“skilled in the lore of the gods”)
  • goðmǫgn (“divine powers, deities”)
  • goðorð (“priest's authority”)
  • goðorðslauss (“without a priest's authority”)
  • goðorðsmaðr (“owner of a priest's authority”)
  • goðorðsmál (“action concerning priest's authority”)
  • goðorðstilkall (“claim to a priest's authority”)
  • goðrifi (“scorn of the gods”)
  • goðvefr (“velvet, costly weaving”)
  • goðvegr (“way of the gods”)
  • goðrækr (“godforsaken, wicked”)
  • goðvargr (“one who commits sacrilege in a temple”)
  • orrostugoð (“Mars”)
  • sólargoð (“Apollo”)
  • gyzki (“wonder”)

Descendants

References
  • goð in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • goð in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
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