gome
noun/ɡʌm/
Etymology From Middle English gome (“man”), from Old English guma (“man”), from Proto-West Germanic *gumō, from Proto-Germanic *gumô (“man”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰmṓ (“earthling”), shortened variant of *dʰǵʰm̥mō (“earthling”). Cognate to Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌼𐌰 (guma) and Latin homō. Doublet of hombre, homo, ombre, and omi. See also human.
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Northern England, Scotland, Obsolete A man.
- A gome gais to ane garet.a. 1500, The Knightly Tale of Golagros and Gawane:
- The King was glade of that golde, that the gome brought.1515, The Scottish Field:
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- Whan the stalwart gome strade ower the spait An' clasp'd me in the flude.1820, Scots Magazine:
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