gyðja

See also: Gyðja

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse gyðja, from Proto-Germanic *gudjǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːja/

  Rhymes: -iːja

Noun

gyðja f (genitive singular gyðju, plural gyðjur)

1. goddess

Declension

Declension of gyðja
f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gyðja	gyðjan	gyðjur	gyðjurnar
accusative	gyðju	gyðjuna	gyðjur	gyðjurnar
dative	gyðju	gyðjuni	gyðjum	gyðjunum
genitive	gyðju	gyðjunnar	gyðja	gyðjanna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse gyðja, from Proto-Germanic *gudjǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈcɪðja/

  Rhymes: -ɪðja

Noun

gyðja f (genitive singular gyðju, nominative plural gyðjur)

1. goddess

Declension

declension of gyðja

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gyðja	gyðjan	gyðjur	gyðjurnar
accusative	gyðju	gyðjuna	gyðjur	gyðjurnar
dative	gyðju	gyðjunni	gyðjum	gyðjunum
genitive	gyðju	gyðjunnar	gyðja	gyðjanna

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gudjǭ, feminine form of masculine *gudjô, the ancestor of goði.

Noun

gyðja f (genitive gyðju, plural gyðjur)

1. goddess
2. priestess

Declension

  Declension of gyðja (weak jōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gyðja	gyðjan	gyðjur	gyðjurnar
accusative	gyðju	gyðjuna	gyðjur	gyðjurnar
dative	gyðju	gyðjunni	gyðjum	gyðjunum
genitive	gyðju	gyðjunnar	gyðja	gyðjanna

Coordinate terms

• goði (“pagan priest, keeper of a sanctuary”, masculine equivalent of sense 2)

Descendants

• Icelandic: gyðja
  • → English: gythja
  • → Swedish: gydja
• Faroese: gyðja
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gydje, gydja

Further reading

• Kroonen, Guus (2013) “guda”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 193-194