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Gauti

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse Gauti, from gautr (“man from Götaland, Gautaland”). See Götaland.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Gauti m

  1. a male given name

Declension

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Declension of Gauti (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Gauti Gautinn Gautar Gautarnir
accusative Gauta Gautann Gauta Gautana
dative Gauta Gautanum Gautum Gautunum
genitive Gauta Gautans Gauta Gautanna

Proper noun

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Gauti

  1. dative of Gautur

Old Norse

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Etymology

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Probably related to Gautr (“Odin”), gjóta (“to cast, to pour”) originally referring to libations, thus perhaps "the pourer of libations".

Proper noun

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Gauti m

  1. (heiti) the pourer of libations? (Odin)

Declension

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  Declension of Gauti (weak an-stem, indefinite singular only)
masculine singular
indefinite
nominative Gauti
accusative Gauta
dative Gauta
genitive Gauta
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