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Webster 1913 Edition
Gome
Gome
,Noun.
[Cf. Icel.
gormr
ooze, mud.] The black grease on the axle of a cart or wagon wheel; – called also
gorm
. See Gorm
. [Prov. Eng.]
Definition 2024
gome
gome
English
Noun
gome
- (obsolete) A man [8th-16th c.]
- c1450, Life of Saint Cuthbertː
- Some towns wex near toom, In the which woned many a gome.
- a1460-a1500, The Towneley Plays:
- To thee, Jesus, I make my mone..farwell! gracious gome! where so thou gone..
- c1450, Life of Saint Cuthbertː
References
- gome in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- The Middle English Dictionary
Middle English
Etymology
Noun
gome
- man
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
- And þus bigynneth þes gomes · to greden ful heiȝ.
- c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, II:
Scots
Etymology
From Middle English gome, gume, from Old English guma (“man, lord, hero”), from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man”).
Noun
gome (plural gomes)
- a man
Swahili
Noun
gome sg
- bark (exterior covering of a tree)
This Swahili entry was created from the translations listed at bark. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) November 2007