gaut

See also: Gaut, Gäut, and gå ut

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• gaute

Etymology

From Old Norse gautr (“Geat”), from Proto-Germanic *gautaz. Cognate with the Swedish name element göt.

Noun

gaut m (definite singular gauten, indefinite plural gautar, definite plural gautane)

1. (chiefly historical) Geat

Derived terms

• gautsk (“Geatish”)

Related terms

• Gautborg
• Gautland

Male given names:

• Agaut, Agaute
• Algaut, Algaute
• Almgaut
• Alvgaut
• Audgaut
• Gaut
• Gautan
• Gautar
• Gaute
• Gautmar
• Gautolv, Gautulv
• Gautrek, Gautrik
• Gautråd
• Gautstav
• Gautvid
• Hergaut
• Holmgaut
• Siggaut
• Tjodgaut
• Torgaut
• Valgaut
• Vestgaute
• Vidgaut
• Øygaute
• Åsgaut

 

Female given names:

• Gauthild

 

References

• Eivind Vågslid (1988) Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN, page 116

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *walþu. Cognate with English wold and weald.

Noun

gaut oblique singular, f (oblique plural gauz or gautz, nominative singular gaut, nominative plural gauz or gautz)

1. forest, woods, woodland

Derived terms

• gaudin
• gaudine