gimmer
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English gimbyre, from Old Norse gymbr (“one-year-old ewe lamb”), from Proto-Germanic *gimrį̄ (“a yearling ewe-lamb”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰyem- (“winter”).
Noun edit
gimmer (plural gimmers)
- (Northern English dialect) A ewe between one and two years old.
Anagrams edit
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse gymbr, from Proto-Germanic *gimrį̄.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gimmer f (definite singular gimra, indefinite plural gimrar or gimrer, definite plural gimrane or gimrene)
References edit
- “gimmer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Scots edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse gymbr (“one year old ewe lamb”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gimmer (plural gimmers)
- a two-year-old ewe
Derived terms edit
- gimmer shell (“the scallop Pecten maximus or Aequipecten opercularis”)