What is "cofgod"

A Cofgod (plural Cofgodas ("cove gods")) was a household god in Anglo-Saxon paganism.

The Classicist Ken Dowden opined that the cofgodas were the equivalent of the Penates found in Ancient Rome. Dowden also compared them to the Kobolds of later German folklore, arguing that they had both originated from the kofewalt, a spirit that had power over a room. It is generally accepted that the English hob and Anglo-Celtic brownie are the modern survival of the cofgod.