Editing Gothi (section)

==Etymology==
The word derives from {{lang|is|goð}}, meaning "god".<ref name="byock">Byock, Jesse L. (1993). "Goði". Entry in ''Medieval Scandinavia, an Encyclopedia'' (Phillip Pulsiano, ed.), 230–231. Garland: NY and London, {{ISBN|0-8240-4787-7}}.</ref> It possibly appears in [[Ulfilas]]' [[Gothic language]] [[Codex Argenteus|translation of the Bible]] as {{transliteration|got|gudja}} for "priest", although the corresponding form of this in [[Icelandic language|Icelandic]] would have been an unattested {{lang|is|*gyði}}.<ref name="gothi"/> In [[Scandinavia]], there is one surviving attestation in the [[Proto-Norse language|Proto-Norse form]] {{lang|gmq|gudija}} from the Norwegian Nordhuglo [[runestone]] (N KJ65),<ref name="gotiska">The article ''gotiska'' in ''[[Nationalencyklopedin]]'' (1992)</ref><ref>{{cite Scandinavian Runic-text Database | name=N KJ65 | edition=2020 | srdb=383d5ac3-b6ba-4a6f-b2bc-2a90136d2653 | runor=d667f8da-5eb9-492e-8e0b-6769ad384c93}}</ref> and in the later Old Norse form {{lang|non|guþi}} from three Danish runestones: DR 190 Helnæs, DR 192 Flemløse 1 and [[Glavendrup stone|DR 209 Glavendrup]].<ref name="duwel">Klaus Düwel (2008). "[https://books.google.com/books?id=lW3WRfV09HIC&pg=PA69 Runen als Phänomen der oberen Schichten]". ''Studien zu Literatur, Sprache und Geschichte in Europa''. p. 69.</ref> There are a few placenames, such as {{lang|sv|Gudby}} in [[Södermanland]], Sweden, that probably retain the name.<ref>Hellquist, Elof. (1966). ''Svensk etymologisk ordbok''. C.W.K. Gleerups förlag, Lund. p. 308</ref> Otherwise, there are no further surviving attestations except from Iceland where the {{lang|is|goðar}} would be of historical significance.<ref name="gothi"/>