Gormed

He was but a poor man himself, said Peggotty, but as good as gold and as true as steel - those were her similes. The only subject, she informed me, on which he ever showed a violent temper or swore an oath, was this generosity of his; and if it were ever referred to, by any one of them, he struck the table a heavy blow with his right hand (had split it on one such occasion), and swore a dreadful oath that he would be 'Gormed' if he didn't cut and run for good, if it was ever mentioned again. It appeared, in answer to my inquiries, that nobody had the least idea of the etymology of this terrible verb passive to be gormed; but that they all regarded it as constituting a most solemn imprecation.

Päivät luen edellä mainittuja opinnäytetöitä, yöt luen David Copperfieldia. Viime yönä erityisen myöhään, mistä osakiitos kuuluu naapureilleni, joiden kotihipat tärisyttivät taloa. Oikeastaan en ehdi blogata, sillä minun pitää korjata virheellisesti laadittuja viitteitä toisten teksteissä, mutta jos kuitenkin tämän verran: Mitä ihmettä tarkoittaa gormed? Tahdon tuntea tuon sanan etymologian.