Noun: guðspjall
Gender: n
Declension:
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | guðspjall |
| Sg. Def. | guðspjallið |
| Pl. Indef. | guðspjöll |
| Pl. Def. | guðspjöllin |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | guðspjalls |
| Sg. Def. | guðspjallsins |
| Pl. Indef. | guðspjalla |
| Pl. Def. | guðspjallanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | guðspjalli |
| Sg. Def. | guðspjallinu |
| Pl. Indef. | guðspjöllum |
| Pl. Def. | guðspjöllunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | guðspjall |
| Sg. Def. | guðspjallið |
| Pl. Indef. | guðspjöll |
| Pl. Def. | guðspjöllin |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like guðspjall
skjall,
samvistarfall,
íverufall,
eldfjall,
hjartaáfall,
nefnifall,
andlagsfall,
íferðarfall,
úrferðarfall,
tilgangsfall,
kynjahlutfall,
ávarpsfall,
þágufall,
tvinnfall,
þolfall,
bylgjufall,
áfall,
fjall,
knall,
vatnsfall, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Old Norse guðspjall, equivalent to góðr (“good”) + spjall (“tidings, events”).
2. Probably a calque of Old English godspell, from earlier Old English *gōdspell ("good news"), used to translate (as a calque) Ecclesiastical Latin bona annuntiatio, itself a translation of Ecclesiastical Latin evangelium / Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον (euangélion, “evangel”), literally "good news". See: Old English Nouns '
godspell', Ancient Greek Nouns '
εὐαγγέλιον'.
Verbs referencing "guðspjall"
English Nouns
gospel.
Translations