Gyðja
Old Norse Dictionary - gyðja
Meaning of Old Norse word "gyðja"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
Old Norse word gyðja can mean:gyðja
- gyðja
- u, f.
- gyðja
- 1. [goð], a goddess, Edda passim.
- gyðja
- 2. [goði], a priestess, Hdl. 12, Yngl. ch. 7; þá kreppi goð gyðju, Kristni S. (in a verse): in nicknames, Þuríðr gyðja, Th. the priestess, Landn.; Þorlaug gyðja, Landn. 64: in compds, blót-gyðja, hof-g., a temple priestess.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᚢᚦᛁᛅ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- m.
- masculine.
- ch.
- chapter.
- gl.
- glossary.
- l.
- line.
- n.
- neuter.
- S.
- Saga.
Works & Authors cited:
- Edda
- Edda. (C. I.)
- Hdl.
- Hyndlu-ljóð. (A. II.)
- Kristni S.
- Kristni Saga. (D. I. III.)
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)
- Th.
- Theophilus. (F. III.)