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Geat
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Gaut
(
Old Norse
nominative
Gautr
; variants
Gauti
,
Gaute
,
Guti
,
Gapt
; latinized
Gothus
; Old English
Geat
) is an early Germanic name, from a
Proto-Germanic
gautaz
, which represents an
eponymous founder
or
tribal god
of a number of related
Germanic tribes
of the
migration period
, i.e. the
Gautar
(*,
Geats
),
Gutans
(*,
Goths
) and
Gutes
(Gotlanders).
Gautr
is also one of the Eddaic
names of Odin
.
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Geats
The
Geats
(
Old English
:
geatas
, ;
Old Norse
:
gautar
;
Swedish
:
götar
, ), and sometimes
Goths
) were a
North Germanic tribe
inhabiting what is now
Götaland
("land of the Geats") in modern
Sweden
. The name of the Geats also lives on in the
Swedish provinces
of
Västergötland
and
Östergötland
, the Western and Eastern lands of the Geats, and in many other
toponyms
.
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