Góðs

Old Norse Dictionary - góðs

Meaning of Old Norse word "góðs"

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

góðs
and góz, n. goods; prop. a gen. from góðr, hvat góðs, quid boni? Nj. 236; allt þat góðs sem hann átti, 267, Hrafn. 29; sá er síns góðs misti optliga, Thom. 2 (Ed.): esp. freq. in later writers, Ann. 1332, 1346, Stj. 135, Bs. passim, H. E. i. 432; cp. Dan. gods = property.

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

Abbreviations used:

cp.
compare.
Dan.
Danish.
esp.
especially.
freq.
frequent, frequently.
gen.
genitive.
m.
masculine.
n.
neuter.
prop.
proper, properly.

Works & Authors cited:

Ann.
Íslenzkir Annálar. (D. IV.)
Bs.
Biskupa Sögur. (D. III.)
H. E.
Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiae. (J. I.)
Hrafn.
Hrafnkels Saga. (D. II.)
Nj.
Njála. (D. II.)
Stj.
Stjórn. (F. I.)
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