English
godi
Godi comes from Icelandic goði ‘godi, an alternate title for a jarl, invoker…’, and goes back to Old Norse goði.
- Old Norsec. 800–1350goði
- Icelandicmodernsame form‘godi, an alternate title for a jarl, invoker or invokee, chief of a þing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997godi
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Old Norsec. 800–1350goði
- Icelandicmodernsame form‘godi, an alternate title for a jarl, invoker or invokee, chief of a þing’
- Englishearliest quotation 1997godi
Earliest quotation: 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, The Sagas of Icelanders: “Odd was the chieftain of Borgarfjord on the south…”
Every English word from Old Norse goði
Today it means
noun A local chieftain in Norse societies, who held religious and administrative duties.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Norse goði / godi