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256 soils himself; a bungling, untidy and slovenly person; a dirty g. ( gȯrm). — *gorm- or *gurm-. gormur,, gorm and gurm (n? m?), gorm,, mire; mud; dirt; filth ( from entrails of animals, of fish); gorm also means work badly done.

gorm [gȯrm (gorm)],, 1) , to root in mire or (soft) dirt; to do a piece of dirty work; to g. in dirt, in rotten taatis [‘potatoes’], in weet [‘wet’] fish, (, , : gȯrm). 2), to g. anesell [‘oneself’], to besmear oneself and get slimy (by handling raw fish) [: gȯrm; : gorm, gȯrm]; he his face, hands, claes [‘clothes’]. In senses 1 and 2 also [gjȯrm, gjȯr$wg$m], thus in, and besides. 3) to bungle a piece of work; du is [gȯrmɩn] atill yon de day  = du is hadin a  atill yon de day; see, — *gorma or *gurma.  gurma, , to make muddy, stir up; gorma (gåårm), , a) to stir up dirt; b) to do work badly.

gormet [gȯrmət],, 1) besmeared with dirt, (quite) begrimed, in the face; a g. face; his face was a’[‘all’] g. . 2) of sheep: discoloured, white with small, black spots on the forehead; a g. sheep. *gormôttr or *gurmôttr; gurmutt and gyrmutt,, discoloured; muddy; miry.

gormoget [gȯrmō·gət],, soiled; besmeared with dirt; very dirty. Doubtless “having the stomach full of = filth, half-digested food”. *gor-mǫgóttr. For the first part of the see, ; for the second part see ,

gormolg [gȯrmȯ$n$lg·, gȯrmȯᶅg·] and gormoll [gȯrmȯᶅ·],, to cover with a layer of dirt; to soil; to g. anesell [‘oneself’], to soil oneself, the face; du ’s [‘you have’]  - dy face. The word is mostly, but is also used as : to root in dirt; to do a dirty piece of work; du is i’ yon [‘that’] a long time ; to in a sheep’s guts. :, , is used as an, in sense ol: a) soiled; covered with a layer of dirt, of the face, of clothes; b) insignificant in appearance, also good-for-nothing, whether an animal or a human being; a ting (body). In sense b noted down in c) gruff and peevish, stubborn. ? From  is reported a form [gȯrmȯ‘ᶅ·tət, -mɔ‘ᶅ·tət, gər-] In sense of soiled, dirty. In and in  also with initial k for g: [kȯrmȯᶅ·ət]. In sense c the word is noted down only in the form . —  *gor-mygla,, and *gor-myglaðr, and   seems, however, to presuppose a *gor-myglðr or -mygltr. The first part of the is , , mire; mud; the second part is  mygla, , to grow musty, myglaðr , , musty,   . — , , noted down in , is another word than the treated here.

gorpog [gȯ‘rpåg],, derisive term, applied to a small, insignificant person; a little-wort’ g. Also (mockingly or jokingly) of a small horse, pony (Edm.: gur-pug). *gorpoki; gor,, half-digested food in the intestines of animals; poki,, a poke; pouch. gorpose,, ( = gorsekk, a large stomach, a glutton) as a derisive term applied to a little boy (adept at eating, but not at work), and gorpose (“gårpåse”),