godi

• gothi

From Icelandic goði.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊdi/
• Rhymes: -əʊdi

godi (plural godis or godar)

1. (historical) A local chieftain in Norse societies, who held religious and administrative duties.

   Hyponym: godord

   • 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.

2. (Germanic paganism) A priest of the modern Norse religion.

   Coordinate term: gythja (priestess)

• volkhv (Slavic pagan priest)

• DIGO, Digo, Doig, dogi

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔ.di/
• Rhymes: -ɔdi
• Hyphenation: gò‧di

godi

1. inflection of godere:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• dogi

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔdɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoːdi/, /ˈɡɔdi/

godi

1. soft mutation of codi