Godi

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡəʊdi/

Origin

From Icelandic goði.

Full definition of godi

Noun

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, dogi