"goð" meaning in Old Norse

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɡoð/ (note: 12th century Icelandic)
Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *gudą (“invoked one”). Cognate with Old English god, Old Frisian god, Old Saxon god, Old Dutch got, Old High German got, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutóm (“invoked”). Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*gudą||invoked one}} Proto-Germanic *gudą (“invoked one”), {{cog|ang|god}} Old English god, {{cog|ofs|god}} Old Frisian god, {{cog|osx|god}} Old Saxon god, {{cog|odt|got}} Old Dutch got, {{cog|goh|got}} Old High German got, {{cog|got|𐌲𐌿𐌸}} Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ), {{der|non|ine-pro|*ǵʰutós|*ǵʰutóm|invoked}} Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutóm (“invoked”) Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=n|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} goð n, {{non-noun|n|goðs|goð}} goð n (genitive goðs, plural goð) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-n-a|goð|goð}}, {{non-decl-blank-full|apd=goðin|api=goð|asd=goðit|asi=goð|dpd=goðunum|dpi=goðum|dsd=goðinu|dsi=goði|g=neuter|gpd=goðanna|gpi=goða|gsd=goðsins|gsi=goðs|notes=|npd=goðin|npi=goð|nsd=goðit|nsi=goð|stem=strong a-stem|title=goð}}, {{non-decl-cell|goð|nsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|goðit|nsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|goð|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|goðin|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|goð|asi}}, {{non-decl-cell|goðit|asd}}, {{non-decl-cell|goð|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|goðin|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|goði|dsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|goðinu|dsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|goðum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|goðunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|goðs|gsi}}, {{non-decl-cell|goðsins|gsd}}, {{non-decl-cell|goða|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|goðanna|gpd}} Forms: goðs [genitive], goð [plural], strong [table-tags], goð [indefinite, nominative, singular], goðit [definite, nominative, singular], goð [indefinite, nominative, plural], goðin [definite, nominative, plural], goð [accusative, indefinite, singular], goðit [accusative, definite, singular], goð [accusative, indefinite, plural], goðin [accusative, definite, plural], goði [dative, indefinite, singular], goðinu [dative, definite, singular], goðum [dative, indefinite, plural], goðunum [dative, definite, plural], goðs [genitive, indefinite, singular], goðsins [definite, genitive, singular], goða [genitive, indefinite, plural], goðanna [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. (Germanic paganism) a god, at times more specifically a member of the æsir Tags: Germanic, neuter Categories (topical): Germanic paganism
    Sense id: en-goð-non-noun-8XZwVGFg Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 23 39 38 Topics: lifestyle, paganism, religion
  2. (Christianity, especially in compounds) a god of any polytheism, understood as a false god Tags: especially, in-compounds, neuter Categories (topical): Christianity
    Sense id: en-goð-non-noun-LLG6EtkV Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Norse entries with incorrect language header: 23 39 38 Topics: Christianity
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: guð (english: 1. being known to answer when invoked; 2. infinite God of monotheism), goði (english: alternate title for a jarl, invoker or invokee), gyðja (english: 1. a female goð; 2. a female goði), gyzki (english: wonder)
Derived forms: draumagoð (english: Morpheus), goðablót (english: sacrifice to the gods), goðagremi (english: gods' wrath for oath-breaking), goðaheill (english: gods' favor), goðahús (english: temple), goðareiði (english: gods' wrath for oath-breaking), goðastallar (english: temple-altar), goðastúka (english: sanctuary), goðatala (english: tale of gods), goðborinn (english: god-born), goðbrúðr (english: Skadi), goðdómr (english: godhead), goðgá (english: blasphemy), goðkonungr (english: king), goðkunnigr, goðkyndr (english: of the kith of gods), goðheimr (english: home of the gods), goðmálugr (english: skilled in the lore of the gods), goðmǫgn (english: divine powers, deities), goðorð (english: priest's authority), goðorðslauss (english: without a priest's authority), goðorðsmaðr (english: owner of a priest's authority), goðorðsmál (english: action concerning priest's authority), goðorðstilkall (english: claim to a priest's authority), goðrifi (english: scorn of the gods), goðvefr (english: velvet, costly weaving), goðvegr (english: way of the gods), goðrækr (english: godforsaken, wicked), goðvargr (english: one who commits sacrilege in a temple), orrostugoð (english: Mars), sólargoð (english: Apollo)

Inflected forms

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      "english": "Morpheus",
      "word": "draumagoð"
    },
    {
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      "english": "sacrifice to the gods",
      "word": "goðablót"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "gods' wrath for oath-breaking",
      "word": "goðagremi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "gods' favor",
      "word": "goðaheill"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "temple",
      "word": "goðahús"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "gods' wrath for oath-breaking",
      "word": "goðareiði"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "temple-altar",
      "word": "goðastallar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "sanctuary",
      "word": "goðastúka"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "tale of gods",
      "word": "goðatala"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "god-born",
      "word": "goðborinn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Skadi",
      "word": "goðbrúðr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "godhead",
      "word": "goðdómr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "blasphemy",
      "word": "goðgá"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "king",
      "word": "goðkonungr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "goðkunnigr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "of the kith of gods",
      "word": "goðkyndr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "home of the gods",
      "word": "goðheimr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "skilled in the lore of the gods",
      "word": "goðmálugr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "divine powers, deities",
      "word": "goðmǫgn"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "priest's authority",
      "word": "goðorð"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "without a priest's authority",
      "word": "goðorðslauss"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "owner of a priest's authority",
      "word": "goðorðsmaðr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "action concerning priest's authority",
      "word": "goðorðsmál"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "claim to a priest's authority",
      "word": "goðorðstilkall"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "scorn of the gods",
      "word": "goðrifi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "velvet, costly weaving",
      "word": "goðvefr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "way of the gods",
      "word": "goðvegr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "godforsaken, wicked",
      "word": "goðrækr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "one who commits sacrilege in a temple",
      "word": "goðvargr"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Mars",
      "word": "orrostugoð"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "Apollo",
      "word": "sólargoð"
    }
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "goð",
            "g": "n"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: goð n",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: goð n"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*gudą",
        "4": "",
        "5": "invoked one"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *gudą (“invoked one”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "god"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English god",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "god"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian god",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "god"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon god",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "got"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch got",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "got"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German got",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌲𐌿𐌸"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ)",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*ǵʰutós",
        "4": "*ǵʰutóm",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutóm (“invoked”)",
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    {
      "form": "goðs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goð",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-n-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goð",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goð",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goð",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goð",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goði",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goða",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "goð n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "goðs",
        "3": "goð"
      },
      "expansion": "goð n (genitive goðs, plural goð)",
      "name": "non-noun"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goð",
        "2": "goð"
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    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "goðin",
        "api": "goð",
        "asd": "goðit",
        "asi": "goð",
        "dpd": "goðunum",
        "dpi": "goðum",
        "dsd": "goðinu",
        "dsi": "goði",
        "g": "neuter",
        "gpd": "goðanna",
        "gpi": "goða",
        "gsd": "goðsins",
        "gsi": "goðs",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "goðin",
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        "nsd": "goðit",
        "nsi": "goð",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "goð"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goð",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðit",
        "2": "nsd"
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      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goð",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðin",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goð",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðit",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goð",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðin",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goði",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðinu",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðs",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðsins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goða",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
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  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "1. being known to answer when invoked; 2. infinite God of monotheism",
      "word": "guð"
    },
    {
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      "english": "alternate title for a jarl, invoker or invokee",
      "word": "goði"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "1. a female goð; 2. a female goði",
      "word": "gyðja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "wonder",
      "word": "gyzki"
    }
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        {
          "english": "[…] most holy gods, / and held council: […]",
          "ref": "Vǫluspá, verse 6, lines 3-4, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2",
          "text": "[…] ginnheilög goð, / ok um þat gættusk: […]"
        }
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        "a god, at times more specifically a member of the æsir"
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        "(Germanic paganism) a god, at times more specifically a member of the æsir"
      ],
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        "Germanic",
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        "lifestyle",
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            "Fundamental"
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "[…] in the temple of the solar god, as Apollo is called […]",
          "ref": "Clemens saga 2, in 1874, C. R. Unger, Postola sögur: Legendariske fortællinger om apostlernes liv. Copenhagen, page 127",
          "text": "[…] i musteri solar goþs, es Apollo heiter […]"
        }
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          "god",
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          "false",
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        "(Christianity, especially in compounds) a god of any polytheism, understood as a false god"
      ],
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        "especially",
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡoð/",
      "note": "12th century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "goð"
}
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    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
    "Old Norse terms with IPA pronunciation"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "Morpheus",
      "word": "draumagoð"
    },
    {
      "english": "sacrifice to the gods",
      "word": "goðablót"
    },
    {
      "english": "gods' wrath for oath-breaking",
      "word": "goðagremi"
    },
    {
      "english": "gods' favor",
      "word": "goðaheill"
    },
    {
      "english": "temple",
      "word": "goðahús"
    },
    {
      "english": "gods' wrath for oath-breaking",
      "word": "goðareiði"
    },
    {
      "english": "temple-altar",
      "word": "goðastallar"
    },
    {
      "english": "sanctuary",
      "word": "goðastúka"
    },
    {
      "english": "tale of gods",
      "word": "goðatala"
    },
    {
      "english": "god-born",
      "word": "goðborinn"
    },
    {
      "english": "Skadi",
      "word": "goðbrúðr"
    },
    {
      "english": "godhead",
      "word": "goðdómr"
    },
    {
      "english": "blasphemy",
      "word": "goðgá"
    },
    {
      "english": "king",
      "word": "goðkonungr"
    },
    {
      "word": "goðkunnigr"
    },
    {
      "english": "of the kith of gods",
      "word": "goðkyndr"
    },
    {
      "english": "home of the gods",
      "word": "goðheimr"
    },
    {
      "english": "skilled in the lore of the gods",
      "word": "goðmálugr"
    },
    {
      "english": "divine powers, deities",
      "word": "goðmǫgn"
    },
    {
      "english": "priest's authority",
      "word": "goðorð"
    },
    {
      "english": "without a priest's authority",
      "word": "goðorðslauss"
    },
    {
      "english": "owner of a priest's authority",
      "word": "goðorðsmaðr"
    },
    {
      "english": "action concerning priest's authority",
      "word": "goðorðsmál"
    },
    {
      "english": "claim to a priest's authority",
      "word": "goðorðstilkall"
    },
    {
      "english": "scorn of the gods",
      "word": "goðrifi"
    },
    {
      "english": "velvet, costly weaving",
      "word": "goðvefr"
    },
    {
      "english": "way of the gods",
      "word": "goðvegr"
    },
    {
      "english": "godforsaken, wicked",
      "word": "goðrækr"
    },
    {
      "english": "one who commits sacrilege in a temple",
      "word": "goðvargr"
    },
    {
      "english": "Mars",
      "word": "orrostugoð"
    },
    {
      "english": "Apollo",
      "word": "sólargoð"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "goð",
            "g": "n"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: goð n",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: goð n"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*gudą",
        "4": "",
        "5": "invoked one"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *gudą (“invoked one”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ang",
        "2": "god"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English god",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ofs",
        "2": "god"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Frisian god",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
        "2": "god"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Saxon god",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "odt",
        "2": "got"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Dutch got",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "got"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German got",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌲𐌿𐌸"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*ǵʰutós",
        "4": "*ǵʰutóm",
        "5": "invoked"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutóm (“invoked”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *gudą (“invoked one”). Cognate with Old English god, Old Frisian god, Old Saxon god, Old Dutch got, Old High German got, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ).\nUltimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutóm (“invoked”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goðs",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goð",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-n-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "a-stem",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goð",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goð",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goð",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðit",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goð",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goði",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðinu",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðsins",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goða",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "goðanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "n",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "goð n",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "2": "goðs",
        "3": "goð"
      },
      "expansion": "goð n (genitive goðs, plural goð)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goð",
        "2": "goð"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-n-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "goðin",
        "api": "goð",
        "asd": "goðit",
        "asi": "goð",
        "dpd": "goðunum",
        "dpi": "goðum",
        "dsd": "goðinu",
        "dsi": "goði",
        "g": "neuter",
        "gpd": "goðanna",
        "gpi": "goða",
        "gsd": "goðsins",
        "gsi": "goðs",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "goðin",
        "npi": "goð",
        "nsd": "goðit",
        "nsi": "goð",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "goð"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-full"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goð",
        "2": "nsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðit",
        "2": "nsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goð",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðin",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goð",
        "2": "asi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðit",
        "2": "asd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goð",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðin",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goði",
        "2": "dsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðinu",
        "2": "dsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðs",
        "2": "gsi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðsins",
        "2": "gsd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goða",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goðanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "1. being known to answer when invoked; 2. infinite God of monotheism",
      "word": "guð"
    },
    {
      "english": "alternate title for a jarl, invoker or invokee",
      "word": "goði"
    },
    {
      "english": "1. a female goð; 2. a female goði",
      "word": "gyðja"
    },
    {
      "english": "wonder",
      "word": "gyzki"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "non:Germanic paganism"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] most holy gods, / and held council: […]",
          "ref": "Vǫluspá, verse 6, lines 3-4, in 1860, T. Möbius, Edda Sæmundar hins fróða: mit einem Anhang zum Theil bisher ungedruckter Gedichte. Leipzig, page 2",
          "text": "[…] ginnheilög goð, / ok um þat gættusk: […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a god, at times more specifically a member of the æsir"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "paganism",
          "paganism"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "æsir",
          "æsir"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Germanic paganism) a god, at times more specifically a member of the æsir"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Germanic",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "lifestyle",
        "paganism",
        "religion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "non:Christianity"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "[…] in the temple of the solar god, as Apollo is called […]",
          "ref": "Clemens saga 2, in 1874, C. R. Unger, Postola sögur: Legendariske fortællinger om apostlernes liv. Copenhagen, page 127",
          "text": "[…] i musteri solar goþs, es Apollo heiter […]"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a god of any polytheism, understood as a false god"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Christianity",
          "Christianity"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ],
        [
          "polytheism",
          "polytheism"
        ],
        [
          "false",
          "false"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Christianity, especially in compounds) a god of any polytheism, understood as a false god"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "especially",
        "in-compounds",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "Christianity"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɡoð/",
      "note": "12th century Icelandic"
    }
  ],
  "word": "goð"
}

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