Geatas

E493758

Geatas is the Old English name for the Geats, a North Germanic people historically associated with southern Sweden and famously referenced in the epic poem Beowulf.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Geatas canonical 3

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf North Germanic people
ethnic group
historical people
appearsInGenre Old English epic poetry
associatedWithHeroicTradition Germanic heroic legend
associatedWithSea Baltic Sea region
associatedWithTribalNameElement Gaut-
centralToWork Beowulf
culturalContext Anglo-Saxon literature
describedAs a people dwelling in southern Scandinavia
ethnoLinguisticGroup Germanic peoples
hasCollectiveDemonym Geatish
hasEthnonymLanguage Latin
Old English
Old Norse
linked to: Old Norse language
hasLegendaryHero Beowulf
hasLegendaryKing Hrethel
Hygelac
hasNameInLatin Gautoi
hasNameInModernEnglish Geats
hasNameInOldEnglish Geatas
hasNameInOldNorse Gautar
hasNotableBattleMention Hygelac's raid on the Franks
hasSourceType literary sources
medieval chronicles
historicallyAssociatedWithModernCountry Sweden
historicallyAssociatedWithRegion Götaland
Västergötland
southern Sweden
Östergötland
integratedInto medieval Swedish kingdom
languageSpoken a North Germanic language
laterReligion Christianity
mentionedIn Beowulf
politicalOrganization tribal kingdom
possibleEtymologicalConnection Götaland
Götar
linked to: Gautar
relatedGroup Danes
Goths
Swedes
religionBeforeChristianization Germanic paganism
subgroupOf North Germanic peoples
timePeriod Early Middle Ages
Migration Period

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Geats ethnonymInOldEnglish Geatas
subject linked to: the Geats
Geatas hasNameInOldEnglish Geatas
Gautar mentionedAs Geatas