Gautar
Old Norse Dictionary - gautar
Meaning of Old Norse word "gautar"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- gautar
- m. pl. a Scandin. people in western Sweden, called in A. S. Geâtes, and to be distinguished from Gotar, Goths; hence Gaut-land, n. the land of the Gauts; Gaut-Elfr, f. the river Gotha, the ‘Elbe of the Gauts;’ Gauta-sker, n. pl. the Skerries of the north-western coast of Sweden; cp. also the mod. Göteborg, Ó. H., FmS., passim.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᚢᛏᛅᚱ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- mod.
- modern.
- n.
- neuter.
- pl.
- plural.
- S.
- Saga.
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs Saga Helga. (E. I.)