gyðja

== Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse gyðja, from Proto-Germanic *gudjǭ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃiːja/ Rhymes: -iːja === Noun === gyðja f (genitive singular gyðju, plural gyðjur) goddess ==== Declension ==== == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse gyðja, from Proto-Germanic *gudjǭ. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈcɪðja] Rhymes: -ɪðja === Noun === gyðja f (genitive singular gyðju, nominative plural gyðjur) goddess ==== Declension ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *gudjǭ, feminine form of masculine *gudjô, the ancestor of goði. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡyðja/ === Noun === gyðja f (genitive gyðju, plural gyðjur) goddess priestess ==== Declension ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== goði (“pagan priest, keeper of a sanctuary”, masculine equivalent of sense 2) ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: gyðja → English: gythja → Swedish: gydja → Danish: gydje Faroese: gyðja Norwegian Nynorsk: gydje, gydja === Further reading === Kroonen, Guus (2013), “guda”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 193-194