gormur.
mud, sludge
Meaning & usage
mud, sludge
liquid animal faeces
the guts or intestines of a fish
a bottomless morass
a coil spring (mechanical device)
coil, spiral, helix, a coil-shaped object
a coil of silver or gold wire for use in embroidery
Where this word comes from
Attested since the 17th century. From an unattested Old Norse *gormr, whence also Norwegian Nynorsk gurm (“sludge”) and dialectal or obsolete Swedish gorm (“filth; fish guts; fruit solids left over after pressing the juice out”), from a Proto-Germanic *gurmaz. Related to ger and gor. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- (“hot”). The meaning “coil, spring” developed from the resemblance of metal coils to fish or animal intestines.
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