góðr

== Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *gōdaz, whence also Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old English gōd, Old High German and Old Dutch guot, Gothic 𐌲𐍉𐌸𐍃 (gōþs). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ-. The comparative and superlative forms are from Proto-Germanic *batizô and *batistaz respectively, both degrees of Proto-Germanic *bataz, being ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰed- (“good”). === Adjective === góðr (comparative betri, superlative beztr) good, righteous, morally commendable good, honest, true góðir vinir — good friends kind, friendly góð orð — good, kind words good, gifted gott skáld — a good poet goodly, fine ==== Usage notes ==== That the neuter form in early times was gótt and not later gott is seen from rhymes (hendings) with words like dróttinn (“lord”). ==== Declension ==== This word has a suppletive inflection, using another root in the comparative and superlative forms, than in the positive form. ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: góður Faroese: góður Norwegian: god Elfdalian: guoð Old Swedish: gōþer Swedish: god, goder (dialectal, in set phrases) Old Danish: gōth, (Old Scanian) gōþær Danish: god Scanian: góðer Old Gutnish: gōþr Gutnish: godar ==== See also ==== vel (“well”) === Further reading === Richard Cleasby; Guðbrandur Vigfússon (1874), “góðr”, in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford Clarendon Press Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “góðr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 315; also available at the Internet Archive Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “betri”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “beztr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive