Definition of "godi" [godi]

• A local chieftain in Iceland with religious and administrative duties. (noun)

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• "Society was divided only into two classes of men, the free and unfree, though political power was in the hands of the franklins alone; "godi" and thrall ate the same food, spoke the same tongue, wore much the same clothes, and were nearly alike in life and habits."
• "Mae 'na bosibilrwydd, felly, y bydd 'na fewnfudo i Gaernarfon tra bo'r carchar yn cael ei godi - a dwi ddim yn gwybod os y gallwn ni wneud unrhyw beth i rwystro hyn."
• "Pan mae rhywun yn dod at Gyngor Gwynedd a gofyn am yr hawl i godi mwy na hyn-a-hyn o dai, mae'r Cyngor yn gallu mynnu bod canran o'r tai hynny - 25% fel arfer - yn dai fforddiadwy."