godi

See also: gödi, goði, and góði

English

Alternative forms

• gothi

Etymology

From Icelandic goði.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊdi/

Noun

godi (plural godis)

1. A local chieftain in Norse society with religious and administrative duties.
   • 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin 2001, p. 180:

     Odd was the chieftain of Borgarfjord on the south side of Hvita then. He was the godi of the temple to which everyone living south of Skardsheidi paid tribute.

2. (Germanic paganism) A priest of the modern Norse religion.

Related terms

• godord
• gythja (a female priest)
• volkhv (a Slavic pagan priest)

Anagrams

• DIGO, Digo, Doig, dogi

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ.di/
• Rhymes: -ɔdi
• Hyphenation: gò‧di

Verb

godi

1. inflection of godere:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• dogi

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔdɪ/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːdi/, /ˈɡɔdi/

Verb

godi

1. Soft mutation of codi.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
codi	godi	nghodi	chodi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.