Gauti written in Viking Age runes (Group A)
Gauti written in Viking Age runes (Group A)

Description

Group A runes were most common in Viking Age Denmark

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Gauti

Old Norse Gauti (m.)

Gauti and the related Gautr are short forms of names in Gaut- or -gautr, or an original byname meaning ‘man from Gautland’. This region comprises the provinces now known as Östergötland and Västergötland in southern Sweden, and is the homeland of the Geats in the Old English poem Beowulf. Gauti is recorded in several Swedish runic inscriptions.

Gauti is the first element of the place-names Gautby, Lincolnshire and Goadby Marwood, Leicestershire.

Old Norse Name

Gauti

Anglicised Name

Gaut

Gender

Male

Ascribed Culture

Collection

Viking Names

Keywords

byname, Lincolnshire, male_name, Old English, personal-name, Sweden

Further information

This object is related to Gautby, Lincolnshire.
Find out about Gautby, Lincolnshire.

References

Lena Peterson, Nordiskt runnamnslexikon: Femte, reviderade utgåvan. Uppsala: Institutet för språk och folkminnen (2007), p. 75.

Gillian Fellows Jensen, Scandinavian Personal Names in Lincolnshire and Yorkshire. Copenhagen: Akademisk Forlag (1968), p. 98.

E.H. Lind, Norsk-isländska dopnamn ock fingerade namn från medeltiden. Uppsala: A.B. Lundequistska Bokhandel (1915), cols 304-306.

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