gimmer
English
Etymology
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
gimmer (plural gimmers)
- (Northern English dialect) A ewe between one and two years old.
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
gimmer f (definite singular gimra, indefinite plural gimrar or gimrer, definite plural gimrane or gimrene)
- a gimmer, a ewe between one and two years old
Further reading
- “gimmer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Scots
Etymology
From Old Norse gymbr (“one year old ewe lamb”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gimmer (plural gimmers)
- a two-year-old ewe
Derived terms
- gimmer shell (“the scallop Pecten maximus or Aequipecten opercularis”)
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old Norse
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Sheep
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms inherited from Old Norse
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Old Norse
- Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk feminine nouns
- Scots terms derived from Old Norse
- Scots terms with IPA pronunciation
- Scots lemmas
- Scots nouns
- sco:Female animals
- sco:Sheep