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Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
gaut + stav; from Old Norse Gautstafr, from gautr (“Geat”) + stafr (“staff”). Doublet of Gustav. Cognates include Icelandic Gautstafur and Swedish Gösta(v), Gustav.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Gautstav m (definite Gautstaven)
- a male given name from Old Norse
1928, Sturla Þorðarson, translated by Kr. Audne, Soga um Håkon Håkonsson, page 228:Åt hertugen fekk dei ein annan hest, som het Gautstav.- To the duke, they got an other horse, with the name Geatstaff.
References
Eivind Vågslid (1988) “Gautstav”, in Norderlendske fyrenamn (in Norwegian Nynorsk), →ISBN