gjestebod

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gjest +‎ -e- +‎ bod. Compare Danish gæstebud, Icelandic gestaboð, Swedish gästabud, Norwegian Bokmål gjestebud.

Noun

gjestebod n (definite singular gjestebodet, indefinite plural gjestebod, definite plural gjesteboda)

  1. A banquet, a feast (esp. a wedding)
    • 1856, Ingebjørg Targjeisdotter Sandvik, “Reven å Gullmund (transcription by Sophus Bugge)”:
      Å Gullmund han kom seg ó gjesteboi heim,
      å fyri sat reven, dæn valboren svein
      And Gullmund, he came back home from the banquet,
      and the fox was sitting in front (of there), the noble servant

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