góðr
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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.
Strong declension of góðr
Weak declension of góðr
Declension of comparative of góðr
Strong declension of superlative of góðr
| singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bezti | bezta | bezta |
| accusative | bezta | beztu | bezta |
| dative | bezta | beztu | bezta |
| genitive | bezta | beztu | bezta |
| plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | beztu | beztu | beztu |
| accusative | beztu | beztu | beztu |
| dative | beztum | beztum | beztum |
| genitive | beztu | beztu | beztu |
Weak declension of superlative of góðr
Descendants
See also
- vel (“well”)
References
- Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
- góðr in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
- “betri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “beztr”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
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