Gautr
/ˈɡœu̯tr/noun
An Old Norse byname of Odin, also associated with the Gautar or Geats of Scandinavia.
Did you know?Gautr appears among Odin’s many names in Old Norse mythological poetry, where knowing and speaking divine names was itself a form of power.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
Proto-Germanic
*Gautaz
“A member of the Gautar; an ethnonym later associated with the Geats and Goths.”
Migration Period
Germanic
*Gautōz
“Name of a Germanic people, reflected in traditions about the Goths and Geats.”
Old English
Old English
Gēat
“A Geat, the Scandinavian people represented in Beowulf.”
Old Norse
Old Norse
Gautr
“A name or epithet of Odin; also connected with the Gautar people.”
13th Century
Old Norse
Gautr
“A mythological name of Odin recorded in works such as the Poetic Edda and Prose Edda.”
Modern English
English
Gautr
“A retained Old Norse name of Odin, chiefly used in historical and mythological scholarship.”