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The sources for Old Gutnish are found in The law of the Guths (Guta Lagh) written down sometime around 1300, but also in runewritings on stones, churchwalls and other objects. There is also a Runic Calender from 1328 and a description of the guths oldest history written in Old Gutnish

 

Under 16th century Gutnish is still used as a written language, but it is here and during the 17th century that it is pushed away as a written language and is replaced by Danish and later Swedish but Gutnish continues to be used as a spoken language and does so for the next 400 years. Although much of the Old Gutnish is still used, it has still meant a pretty large change in the language because of danish/swedish influence and the lack of standardized ortography.  

 

Here is an excerpt from the gutnish law which shows how Gutnish looked like around 1300:

 

Þa en ogutniscr maþr drepr ogutniscan mann. þa dragi so bandu sum gutniscr. En hann a boli sielfs sins bor a gutlandi  ¤. 5.  ¦ Biauþi bot manni en hann orkar sen atmeli ir ut gangit oc lati at meli a milli. oc biauþi þrysuar vm þry ar. En hinn sei mandr oc  scemdr þau en hann taki at fyrsta sinni. þegar buþit verþr.  ¦ Þa en hann wil ai taka at fyrsta sinni. oc ai at andrv þa taki hann at þriþia. sen þry ar iru vt gangin wil hann ai þa taka. þa scal biera a þing firi alla lyþi.