godi

See also: gödi, goði, and góði

English

Alternative forms

• gothi

Etymology

From Icelandic goði.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊdi/
• Rhymes: -əʊdi

Noun

godi (plural godis)

1. A local chieftain in Norse society with religious and administrative duties.
   • 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 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.

Coordinate terms

• volkhv (a Slavic pagan priest)

Related terms

• godord
• gythja (a female priest)

Anagrams

• DIGO, Digo, Doig, dogi

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

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

Verb

godi

1. Soft mutation of codi.

Mutation

Mutated forms of codi

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
codi	godi	nghodi	chodi

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.