Gormur

Gormur m

1. a male given name

Patronymics

• son of Gormur: Gormsson
• daughter of Gormur: Gormsdóttir

• IPA^(key): /kɔrmʏr/
• Rhymes: -ɔrmʏr
• Homophone: gormur

From Old Norse Gormr, a Danish (East Norse) name, perhaps a contracted form of *Goðormr, from goð (“god”) + ormr (“worm, dragon”). Compare also Guttormur.

Gormur m

1. (historical) a male given name, the name of a king of Denmark, Gorm the Old

From gormur (“mud, sludge; bottomless morass”).

Gormur m

1. The name of some bogs in Iceland
2. The name of a shallow muddy pond in Kollsvík in the Westfjords