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Gustav
m.
Tribal name
Gaut
'Geat' +
Old Norse
stafr
'staff'.
The name of a a 16th C king of Sweden.
Denmark
Old Swedish
●
1419
Gøtzstaffs
(
gen
)
SDHK
no. 19326
Sweden
Latin
●
1350
Godstauus
(
nom
)
SDHK
no. 6020
,
Gyøstauus
(
nom
)
ibid.
no. 6002
,
Gødzstauo
(
dat
)
ibid.
no. 6010
,
Gøstaff
(
nom
)
ibid.
no. 6046
,
Gøstaui
(
gen
)
ibid.
no. 6015
Old Swedish
●
1352
Gøstaff
(
nom
)
SDHK
no. 6314
;
1376
Gøtzstaf
(
gen
)
ibid.
no. 10824
;
1383
Gödzstafs
(
gen
)
SRA-vol2
no. 1918
;
1406
Giöstaff
(
gen
)
SDHK
no. 16646
;
1408
Gødzstaf
(
nom
)
ibid.
no. 17116
;
1409
Gøtstaff
(
nom
)
ibid.
no. 17337
,
Gøtzstaff
(
nom
)
ibid.
no. 17217
;
1415
Gøstaf
(
nom
)
ibid.
no. 18469
;
1418
Gøtzstaffs
(
gen
)
ibid.
no. 19090
Cite as:
S.L. Uckelman. "Gustav". In S.L. Uckelman, ed.
The Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources
, Edition 2021, no. 1. http://dmnes.org/2021/1/name/Gustav.