Re: Gormless
I've never heard the term, but MWO has:alteration of English dialect gaumless, from gaum attention, understanding (from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaum, gaumr) + -less; 1883; chiefly BritishI...
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Very short on gorm at the moment. My little OED (less gormlessly than I) says it's based on "gaum" (E. dial for "understanding"). No date: no nuffink else... Well there we go...This reminds me of a...
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MWO bases this all on gaum "dialectical: attention, understanding", but their entry for "gaum" itself is "dialectical: smudge, smear" !!That's quite a stretch.
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