godi
noun/ˈɡəʊdi/
Etymology Borrowed from Icelandic goði.
1
Historical A local chieftain in Norse societies, who held religious and administrative duties.
- 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.1997, ‘Egil's Saga’, translated by Bernard Scudder, The Sagas of Icelanders, Penguin, published 2001, page 180:
- Coordinate term: gythja (priestess)
- Related terms
- volkhv