gyðingr

== Old Norse == === Alternative forms === gýðingr === Etymology === Probably a mix between Latin Iudaea and Old Norse Guð, adding ending -ingr. Compare gyðlingr (“descendant of a priest”) and gyðja (“priestess, goddess”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === gyðingr m (genitive gyðings, plural gyðingar) a Jew Gyðinga saga ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: gyðingur Faroese: gýðingur === Further reading === ONP