From Scots glamer, from earlier Scots gramarye (“magic, enchantment, spell”).
The Scottish term may(!) either be(!) from Ancient Greek γραμμάριον (grammárion, “gram”), the weight unit of ingredients used to make magic potions, or(!) an alteration of the English word grammar (“any sort of scholarship, especially occult learning”).
A connection has also been suggested with Old Norse glámr (poet. “moon,” name of a ghost) and glámsýni (“glamour, illusion”, literally “glam-sight”).
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on 2018-10-16 03:40 pm (UTC)From Scots glamer, from earlier Scots gramarye (“magic, enchantment, spell”).
The Scottish term may(!) either be(!) from Ancient Greek γραμμάριον (grammárion, “gram”), the weight unit of ingredients used to make magic potions, or(!) an alteration of the English word grammar (“any sort of scholarship, especially occult learning”).
A connection has also been suggested with Old Norse glámr (poet. “moon,” name of a ghost) and glámsýni (“glamour, illusion”, literally “glam-sight”).