tyrihjelm

Norwegian Nynorsk

Dialects

• furæm (Telemål)
• tyrihjalm (Buskerud)
• taralm, tøralm, talalm, tørjon (Trøndersk)
• tørhjelm (Hallingdal and Numedal)
• torrolm, turull, tørælm, turem

Etymology

From tyri (“fatwood”) +‎ hjelm (“helmet”). There are used dialectal forms of this word starting with fur- and tørr-, so it is not clear what was the original form. Today, however, the form starting with tyri- is more common.

Noun

tyrihjelm m (definite singular tyrihjelmen, indefinite plural tyrihjelmar, definite plural tyrihjelmane)

1. Aconitum, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.