guðspjall

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse guðspjall, equivalent to góðr (“good”) + spjall (“tidings, events”).

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".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkvʏð.spjatl/

Noun

guðspjall n (genitive singular guðspjalls, nominative plural guðspjöll)

1. gospel

Declension

Declension of guðspjall (neuter, based on spjall)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	guðspjall	guðspjallið	guðspjöll	guðspjöllin
accusative	guðspjall	guðspjallið	guðspjöll	guðspjöllin
dative	guðspjalli	guðspjallinu	guðspjöllum	guðspjöllunum
genitive	guðspjalls	guðspjallsins	guðspjalla	guðspjallanna