Gautar
nafnorð, karlkyn
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.
Skammstafanir og tilvitnanir
Skammstafanir
- m.
- karlkyn (e. masculine)
- pl.
- fleirtala (e. plural)
- Scandin.
- Scandinavia, Scandinavian.
- A. S.
- Anglo-Saxon.
- n.
- hvorugkyn (e. neuter)
- f.
- kvenkyn (e. feminine)
- cp.
- compare.
- mod.
- modern.
Tilvitnuð rit
- Ó. H.
- Ólafs saga Helga. (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna sögur. (E. I.)