godi

Etymology

From Icelandic goði.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡəʊdi/

Noun

godi (plural godis)

1. A local chieftain in Iceland with religious and administrative duties.
   • 1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, tr. Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin 2001, p. 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.

Anagrams

• DIGO, Digo, Doig, dogi

Verb

godi

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

Anagrams

• dogi