gimmer

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”).

gimmer (plural gimmers)

1. (Northern English dialect) A ewe between one and two years old.

• megrim, Grimme

• gimmerlam

From Old Danish gimmer, from Old Norse gymbr, from Proto-Germanic *gimrį̄. Cognate with Ancient Greek χίμαιρα (khímaira).

gimmer n (singular definite gimmeret, plural indefinite gimmer)

1. a gimmer, a ewe between one and two years old (hasn't had offspring yet)

• “gimmer” in Den Danske Ordbog

From Old Norse gymbr, from Proto-Germanic *gimrį̄.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɪmːɛr/

gimmer f (definite singular gimra, indefinite plural gimrar or gimrer, definite plural gimrane or gimrene)

1. a gimmer, a ewe between one and two years old

• “gimmer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Norse gymbr (“one year old ewe lamb”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɪmər]

gimmer (plural gimmers)

1. a two-year-old ewe

• gimmer shell (“the scallop Pecten maximus or Aequipecten opercularis”)