Gautar

E493759

North Germanic people ethnic group

Gautar is the Old Norse name for the Geats, a North Germanic people historically inhabiting what is now southern Sweden.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Götar	2
Gautland	1
land of the Gautar	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	North Germanic people ⓘ ethnic group ⓘ
appearsIn	Norse sagas NERFINISHED ⓘ medieval Scandinavian chronicles ⓘ
associatedLanguage	Old Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ Proto-Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Sweden ⓘ
culturalLegacy	medieval Swedish law codes referencing Geats ⓘ place names in Götaland ⓘ
culture	Norse culture ⓘ
ethnonymInLanguage	Old Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnonymRoot	Proto-Germanic *Gautaz ⓘ
etymologyRelatedTo	Gautr (a name of the god Odin) NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEconomy	agriculture ⓘ animal husbandry ⓘ trade ⓘ
historicalLanguageArea	Old East Norse NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion	Götaland NERFINISHED ⓘ Västergötland NERFINISHED ⓘ Östergötland NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalStatus	distinct North Germanic tribe ⓘ
integratedInto	medieval Swedish kingdom ⓘ
languageFamily	Germanic languages ⓘ
laterIdentityMergedWith	Swedish national identity ⓘ
locatedIn	southern Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedAs	Geatas NERFINISHED ⓘ
mentionedIn	Old English poem Beowulf NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryRole	participants in Viking expeditions ⓘ
modernDescendants	Swedes NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameVariant	Gautar (Old Norse plural of Gautr) NERFINISHED ⓘ Götar NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Germanic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalOrganization	tribal society ⓘ
preChristianBeliefSystem	Germanic paganism ⓘ
regionNowPartOf	Kingdom of Sweden NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedGroup	Danes NERFINISHED ⓘ Goths NERFINISHED ⓘ Norwegians NERFINISHED ⓘ Swedes NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Old Norse religion NERFINISHED ⓘ
sameAs	Geats NERFINISHED ⓘ
sourceLanguageScript	runic ⓘ
subgroupOf	North Germanic peoples NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Migration Period NERFINISHED ⓘ Viking Age NERFINISHED ⓘ
traditionalTerritory	Götaland region of Sweden ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

the Geats → associatedWithRegion → Gautar ⓘ

subject surface form: Geats

this entity surface form: Gautland

Götaland → containsEthnoLinguisticGroup → Gautar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Götar

the Geats → ethnonymInOldNorse → Gautar ⓘ

subject surface form: Geats

Geats → nativeName → Gautar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Götar

Geatland → relatedHistoricalPeople → Gautar ⓘ

Geatland → relatedHistoricalRegion → Gautar ⓘ

this entity surface form: land of the Gautar