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