godord

godord
The state or authority of a godi

,1997: Thorstein said, ‘There is one thing which I request, and that is the godord for my sons.’ — ‘The Saga of the People of Vatnsdal’, tr. Andrew Wawn, The Sagas of Icelanders (Penguin 2001, p. 248)


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