goþær

Old Danish

Alternative forms

• gothær (Jutlandic)

Etymology

From Old Norse góðr, from Proto-Germanic *gōdaz.

Adjective

gōþær (feminine nominative singular gōþ, neuter nominative singular got)

1. (Scania) good
   • c. 1210, "Uil bryti skilias", Scanian Law, chapter 231.

     fore þy at han ær goþær bryti ællær han uil hafa hans fæ […]

     […] because he is a good bailiff or he wants his property […]

Descendants

• Danish: god