[gothic-l] Traditions of origin - Gaut/Geat/Gaus(us)

[Bertil Häggman]

Esteemed listmembers,

The traditions of origin are linked in the article
with the same name in Hoops 2nd ed. Both
Geat/Gaut/Gaus(us) are treated here. The mythical
progenitor Geat (former *Gaut) appears in all
Anglo-Saxon royal genealogies and points to
a Gautic-Swedish influence in England, as
noticed both in Beowulf and in the finds of Sutton Hoo.
Geat corresponds in Lombardic tradition to the
progenitor Gaus(us), which developed in Lombardic
from Gaut- (pp. 24-25, Vol. one, authors Professors
Hoefler and Ranke (of Goettingen).

Jordanes wrote the name Gaut as Gapt related to
the *Gaut- form. The Goths, according to Hoefler,
brought along this from their original home
in Gautland. This must originally have been
*Gautaz (p. 25)

Would also for the time being add Kuhn (Kiel) to
the bibliograpical list of Professors Andersson,
and others on Gaut.

See Hans Kuhn, Gaut, in Festschrift fuer J. Trier,
1954, pp. 417-433.

It is regrettable that I don't for the time
being have access to the original article
in this dedication volume, but this is an
additional article on Gaut in the not so vast
literature on the not so well-known progenitor.
As there seems to be quite some interest in Gaut
additional news of literature on Gaut is gratefully
acknowledged (preferably in English and German,
as for instance Professor Andersson's work
i snot so easily accesible for non-Swedish
speakers. The basic article by Andersson in
Namn och bygd is, as far as I know, not
available on the net.

Gautically

Bertil




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