gaum

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡɔːm/ Rhymes: -ɔːm === Etymology 1 === The noun is from dialectal (Northern) English, from Middle English gome, from Old Norse gaum, gaumr (“heed, attention”), from Proto-Germanic *gaumō (“attention”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰowe- (“to heed, pay attention”). The verb is from Middle English *gomen, from the noun. Compare native Middle English yemen, from Old English ġīeman (“to care for, heed”), and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌿𐌼𐌾𐌰𐌽 (gaumjan, “observe”). ==== Noun ==== gaum (uncountable) (UK, dialectal, rare) Heed; attention. ===== Alternative forms ===== goam ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Verb ==== gaum (third-person singular simple present gaums, present participle gauming, simple past and past participle gaumed) (dialectal, obsolete) To understand; comprehend; consider. 1896, James Keighley Snowden, Web of an Old Weaver, quoted in The English Dialect Dictionary (1900 edition): 'Nobody gaums where we are now,' I said. 1870, John Christopher Atkinson, Lost, quoted in The English Dialect Dictionary (1900 edition): Aye sir, we gaum ye. ==== Related terms ==== gorm (“gape, gawk”) goam (“see, recognize, take notice of”) ==== References ==== 1856, Robert Ferguson, The Northmen in Cumberland & Westmoreland: GAWM. Attention. === Etymology 2 === Uncertain; perhaps a variant of gum. ==== Alternative forms ==== gorm ==== Verb ==== gaum (third-person singular simple present gaums, present participle gauming, simple past and past participle gaumed) (US and UK, dialects, chiefly Midlands, Southern US, Appalachia) To smear. 1894, Rowland Evans Robinson, Danvis Folks, chapter VI, The Paring-Bee, page 117: No, bubby, couldn't hev the wax. Gaum him all up so 't mammy 'd hafter nigh abaout skin him tu git him clean ag'in; […] For more quotations using this term, see Citations:gaum. ===== Derived terms ===== gaumy begaum ==== References ==== === Etymology 3 === Unknown. Possibly related to gaum (“smear”, verb). ==== Noun ==== gaum (uncountable) (Appalachia and other dialects, rare) Grime. 1927, Robert Lindsay Mason, The lure of the Great Smokies, page 150: Said 'Black Bill' Walker, of Walker's Valley, in speaking of the forge: 'I never heerd sech a rackity-rack! Ye'd think the heavens was fallin' down! Them fellers aworkin' thar in the sweat an' gaum reminded me more of the gate to the bad place!' === Etymology 4 === Unknown. ==== Noun ==== gaum (plural gaums) (dialectal, rare) A bit, a small amount. === Etymology 5 === Probably a variant of gom (an Irish English slang term for a foolish person), but possibly related to or influenced by gorming, gawming (“clumsy, stupid”). ==== Noun ==== gaum (plural gaums) (rare, dialectal or colloquial) A useless person. === Etymology 6 === Variant of gorm (“to make a mess of”), which see for more. ==== Verb ==== gaum (third-person singular simple present gaums, present participle gauming, simple past and past participle gaumed) Alternative form of gorm (to make a mess of). === Etymology 7 === From Hindi [Term?]. ==== Noun ==== gaum (plural gaums) (India, archaic) A village. ===== References ===== Henry Yule; A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903), “gaum”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […]. === Anagrams === GUAM, Guam, Guma, MUGA, Umag, muga == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Old Norse gaumr. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡœʊːm/ === Noun === gaum m (definite singular gaumen, indefinite plural gaumar, definite plural gaumane) attention ==== Synonyms ==== åtgaum merksemd === References === “gaum” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.