Godgjest

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

god (“god”) +‎ gjest (“guest”); from Old Norse Goðgestr, from Proto-Norse ᚷᚢᛞᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (gudagastiʀ), from *gudą +‎ *gastiz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²ɡoːjɛst/

Proper noun

Godgjest m (definite Godgjesten)

  1. a male given name from Old Norse

References

  • Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Godgjest”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN
  • Ludvig Bru (1913) Norske folkenamn med tydingar (in Norwegian Nynorsk), page 44
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