Goðdómr

Old Norwegian Dictionary - goðdómr

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "goðdómr" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

goðdómr
goðdómr, m. Egenskab, som gjør noget vær- digt til religiøs Ærefrygt, til at dyrkes somGud; hann kvað eigi goðdóm í tré, heldrdjöflablót, ok kvað þeim heldr fallitat þjóna himnaguði, sem hann lézkþjóna (= lat. ille eos sedulo commo-nere, nihil esse religionis in stipite,deum potius, cui ipse serviret, seque-rentur) Heilag. I, 55921; goðdómr esí þrenningo Elucid. 621.

Part of speech: m

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᚮᚦᚦᚮᛘᚱ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

lat.
latinsk.
m.
Masculin.

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