guð

• IPA^(key): /kuː/
• Rhymes: -uː

guð

1. accusative singular of guður

From Old Norse guð, from Proto-Germanic *gudą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós.

The /v/ present in the pronunciation is a remnant of a 16th century sound change in Northwestern Iceland where a /v/ was inserted in words beginning with /k/ or /ɡ/ followed by /u/ or /o/. This pronunciation eventually disappeared but was preserved in the word guð (and its derivations) and subsequently spread to the rest of the country.[1]

• IPA^(key): /kvʏːð/
• Rhymes: -ʏːð

guð m (genitive singular guðs, nominative plural guðir)

1. a god (of polytheistic religions)
2. God (of monotheistic religions); often capitalized: Guð
   • Genesis 1:31 (Icelandic Bible, New International Version)

     Og Guð leit allt, sem hann hafði gjört, og sjá, það var harla gott. Það varð kveld og það varð morgunn, hinn sjötti dagur.

     God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.

• (polytheistic god): goð n
• (monotheistic god): andlangs herra m (obsolete)

• gyðja

• ᚴᚢᚦ (kuþ), ᚷᚢᛞ (ɢuᴅ), ᚷᚢᚦ (ɢuþ) — Runic form, nominative singular

From Proto-Germanic *gudą (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰutós.

Compare Old Saxon, Old Frisian, and Old English god, Old High German and Old Dutch got, Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌸 (guþ).

guð m or n

1. (Christianity) God m
2. (Paganism) god, deity n

   Synonym: goð

• Icelandic: guð m, goð n
• Faroese: Gud, gudur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: gud m
• Elfdalian: guð
• Old Swedish: guþ n or m
  • Swedish: gud
• Danish: gud c
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gud
  • → Greenlandic: guuti
• Gutnish: gud, gu