A daft person (Icelandic, amlodʹ), one who is irresolute, and can do nothing fully. Shakespeare’s play is based on the Danish story of Amlethʹ recorded in Saxo-Grammatʹicus.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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