Godgjest

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

god (“god”) +‎ gjest (“guest”); from Old Norse Goðgestr, from Proto-Norse ᚷᚢᛞᚨᚷᚨᛊᛏᛁᛉ (gudagastiʀ), from *gudą +‎ *gastiz.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²ɡoːjɛst/

Proper noun

Godgjest m (definite Godgjesten)

a male given name from Old Norse

References

Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Gudgjest”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN

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