Góð-vili

Old Norse Dictionary - góð-vili

Meaning of Old Norse word "góð-vili"

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

Old Norse word góð-vili can mean:góð-vili

góð-vili
a, m. good-will, Eg. 411, Fms. i. 74, 281, Sturl. i. 210; friðr á jörðu og mönnum góðvili, Luke ii. 14, in the text of 1540, but góðr vili (in two words) in the later texts.
góð-vili
COMPDS: góðviljafullr, góðviljamaðr, góðviljamikill.

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

Abbreviations used:

l.
line.
m.
masculine.

Works & Authors cited:

Eg.
Egils Saga. (D. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)
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