Gói

Old Norse Dictionary - gói

Meaning of Old Norse word "gói" in English.

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

gói Old Norse word can mean:

gói: f. indecl., always so in old writers, (gœ, i. e. góe, Bs. i. 9, v. 1.), mod. góa, u, f.; the month Gói has thirty days, from the middle of February to the middle of March; for the mythical origin of this word vide Fb. i. 22, Edda 103, Landn. 154, 225, Rb. 48, 50, Ann. 1276, 1340, Bs. i. 9, Ó. H. 64:—in Icel. the names of the winter months Þorri and Góa are still very common.

gói: COMPDS: Góibeytlar, Góiblót, Góimánaðr, Góiþræll.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements

Abbreviations used:

decl.: declined.

f.: feminine.

Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.

i. e.: id est.

indecl.: indeclinable.

l.: line.

mod.: modern.

n.: neuter.

v.: vide.

Works & Authors cited:

Ann.: Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)

Bs.: Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)

Edda: Edda. (C. I.)

Fb.: Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

Ó. H.: Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)

Rb.: Rímbegla. (H. III.)

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