godi
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godi (plural godis)
- A local chieftain in Norse society with religious and administrative duties.
- 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 180:
- Odd was the chieftain of Borgarfjord on the south side of Hvita then. He was the godi of the temple to which everyone living south of Skardsheidi paid tribute.
- (Germanic paganism) A priest of the modern Norse religion.
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- volkhv (a Slavic pagan priest)
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godi
- inflection of godere:
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- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔdɪ/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɡoːdi/, /ˈɡɔdi/
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godi
- Soft mutation of codi.
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