gimmer
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editgimmer (plural gimmers)
- (Northern English dialect) A ewe between one and two years old.
Anagrams
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse gymbr, from Proto-Germanic *gimrį̄.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgimmer f (definite singular gimra, indefinite plural gimrar or gimrer, definite plural gimrane or gimrene)
References
edit- “gimmer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Scots
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse gymbr (“one year old ewe lamb”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgimmer (plural gimmers)
- a two-year-old ewe
Derived terms
edit- gimmer shell (“the scallop Pecten maximus or Aequipecten opercularis”)
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