Gói

Old Norse Dictionary - gói

Meaning of Old Norse word "gói"

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

Old Norse word gói can mean:gói

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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