Before the 7th century, the Gutar made a trade and defence agreement with Swedish kings, according to the Gutasaga. This seems to have been due to Swedish military aggression. Although the Gutar were victorious in these battles, they eventually found it more beneficial (as a nation of traders) to try and negotiate a peace-treaty with the Swedes. Many kings made war on Gotland while it was heathen, but the Gutar always maintained victory and their rights.

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  • Before the 7th century, the Gutar made a trade and defence agreement with Swedish kings, according to the Gutasaga. This seems to have been due to Swedish military aggression. Although the Gutar were victorious in these battles, they eventually found it more beneficial (as a nation of traders) to try and negotiate a peace-treaty with the Swedes. Many kings made war on Gotland while it was heathen, but the Gutar always maintained victory and their rights. Then the Gutar were sending many messengers to Sweden, but none of them succeeded in negotiating a peace, till Awair Strabain from Alva parish. He was the first to make peace with the king of the Swedes.[... ] As he was a smooth-tongued man, wise indeed and artful, as the stories of him go, he established a fixed treaty with the Swedish king: 60 marks of silver a year - that is the tax for the Gutar - with 40 for the king, out of that sixty, and the jarls to get 20. This amount had already been decided by agreement of the whole land before he left. So the Gutar made a trade and defence agreement with the king of the Swedes of their own free will, that they might go anywhere in all areas dominated by the Swedes freely and unfettered by tolls or any duties. So too the Swedes could come to Gotland with no ban on the import of corn, or any other restrictions. The king was to give aid and help whenever they needed it and asked. The king would send messengers to the Gotland national assembly, and the jarls likewise, to collect their tax. These messengers must proclaim freedom to the Gutar to travel in peace over the sea, to all places where the Swedish king held sway. And the same went for anyone travelling there to Gotland. It gives Awair Strabain as the man who arranged the mutually beneficial agreement with the king of Sweden, and the event would have taken place before the end of the 9th century, when Wulfstan of Hedeby reported that the island was subject to the Swedes.
  • Prima del VII secolo i Gutar firmarono un trattato di commercio e difesa con i Re semi-leggendari svedesi, secondo quanto descritto nella Gutasaga. Sembra essere stato dovuto all'aggressione militare degli Svedesi. Nonostante il successo dei Gutar, questi trovarono più conveniente (essendo un popolo di commercianti) tentare di stabilire una rotta commerciale con gli Svedesi. In questo modo si rende ad Awair Strabain il merito di aver siglato il trattato. I fatti avvennero prima della fine del IX secolo, quando Wulfstan di Hedeby disse che l'isola era soggetta agli Svedesi.
  • Gutarna har även kopplats till folknamnet geater som förekommer i det fornengelska Beowulfkvädet. Så till exempel av professor Bo Gräslund (Folkvandringstidens Uppsala). Argument som anförts är förutom namnlikheten och en likartad etymylogi det faktum att geaterna skildras som ett havsfolk. Ett epitet som förekommer i kvädet är seo-geatas (havsgeater) och wedergeatas (vilket kan tolkas som vädurgeater). Geaternas konungaborg skall ha legat vid havet, och alla kontakter geaterna företar med andra folkstammar sker över vatten. Detta passar inte in på götarna men desto mer på gutarna enligt tesens förespråkare. Beowulfkvädets geografiska uppgifter antyder dessutom att geaternas land skall ha legat öster om danernas rike och ha täta kontakter med Svealand, viket stämmer med Gotland. Man har även kopplat samman de strider mellan svearna och geaterna som återberättas i kvädet med Gutasagans uppgifter om svenska och gutniska konflikter vilka omsider ledde till att Gotland blev en del av Sveariket. Arkeologen Gad Rausing angrep problemet på ett konkret och samvetsgrant sätt. Han försökte identifiera de geografiska känntecknen i sagan och utifrån dem färdas samma väg som diktens hjälte Beowulf skall ha gjort från sitt geatiska hemland till Danmark. Han använde sig av samma typ av skepp som den tidens nordbor seglade och kom därvid fram till slutsatsen att geaterna torde vara samma folk som gutarna. Sina resultat publicerade han i Fornvännen 80 (1985). Identifieringen av geaterna är dock inte avgjord. Ytterligare folkstammar som föreslagits vara identiska med geaterna är götarna och jutarna. För övrig och mer utförlig information i detta ämne se vidare geater.
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  • Before the 7th century, the Gutar made a trade and defence agreement with Swedish kings, according to the Gutasaga. This seems to have been due to Swedish military aggression. Although the Gutar were victorious in these battles, they eventually found it more beneficial (as a nation of traders) to try and negotiate a peace-treaty with the Swedes. Many kings made war on Gotland while it was heathen, but the Gutar always maintained victory and their rights.
  • Prima del VII secolo i Gutar firmarono un trattato di commercio e difesa con i Re semi-leggendari svedesi, secondo quanto descritto nella Gutasaga. Sembra essere stato dovuto all'aggressione militare degli Svedesi. Nonostante il successo dei Gutar, questi trovarono più conveniente (essendo un popolo di commercianti) tentare di stabilire una rotta commerciale con gli Svedesi. In questo modo si rende ad Awair Strabain il merito di aver siglato il trattato.
  • Gutarna har även kopplats till folknamnet geater som förekommer i det fornengelska Beowulfkvädet. Så till exempel av professor Bo Gräslund (Folkvandringstidens Uppsala). Argument som anförts är förutom namnlikheten och en likartad etymylogi det faktum att geaterna skildras som ett havsfolk. Ett epitet som förekommer i kvädet är seo-geatas (havsgeater) och wedergeatas (vilket kan tolkas som vädurgeater).
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  • Gotlander
  • Gotlandi
  • Gutar
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