Etymology

From Old Norse guðspjall, probably a calque of Old English godspel ‎(“gospel”, literally “good tale”), for *gōdspel ‎(literally “good news”), used to translate (as a calque) Ecclesiastical Latin bona annuntiatio, itself a translation of Ecclesiastical Latin evangelium / Ancient Greek εὐαγγέλιον ‎(euangélion, “evangel”), literally "good news".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkvʏð.spjatl/