hälme

See also: halme and Halme

Alemannic German

Etymology

Related to German Halm (“stalk”).

Verb

hälme

1. (Uri, of animals) to eat blades of grass (grass that has been cut and put in a trough)

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 65.