Noun: goð
Gender: n
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | goð |
| Sg. Def. | goðit |
| Pl. Indef. | goð |
| Pl. Def. | goðin |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | goðs |
| Sg. Def. | goðsins |
| Pl. Indef. | goða |
| Pl. Def. | goðanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | goði |
| Sg. Def. | goðinu |
| Pl. Indef. | goðum |
| Pl. Def. | goðunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | goð |
| Sg. Def. | goðit |
| Pl. Indef. | goð |
| Pl. Def. | goðin |
Sample Sentences
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ginnheilög goð, / ok um þat gættusk: […] (the high holy gods, / and held council about this: […]) [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]
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[…] i musteri solar goþs, es Apollo heiter […] (in the temple of the god of the sun, who is called Apollo […]) [Clemens saga 2, in 1874, C. R. Unger, Postola sögur: Legendariske fortællinger om apostlernes liv. Copenhagen, page 127]
Nouns inflected like goð
ennitungl,
augnamein,
biskupskør,
brimsvín,
ím,
úr,
ef,
ok,
ástig,
aflát,
amboð,
grjót,
beizl,
brauð,
hljóð,
haust,
hvísl,
naust,
tungl,
kveld, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
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). See: Old English Nouns '
god', Gothic Nouns '
𐌲𐌿𐌸'.
Verbs referencing "goð"
Icelandic Nouns
goð.
Translations