guð

Old Norse

noun
Definitions
  • (Christianity) God
  • (Paganism) god, deity

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *gudą (god, deity, invoked one) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós (invoked, poured).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵʰutós

Gloss

invoked, poured

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