different between limmer vs gimmer

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?m?/
• Rhymes: -?m?(?)

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain; perhaps from limb, or French limier; see leamer.

Noun

limmer (plural limmers)

1. (Scotland) A rogue; a low, base fellow.
2. A promiscuous woman.
3. A limehound; a leamer.
4. A mongrel, such as a cross between the mastiff and hound.
5. (nautical) A manrope at the side of a ladder.

Etymology 2

Adjective

limmer (comparative more limmer, superlative most limmer)

1. limber

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English

Etymology

From Middle English gimbyre, from Old Norse gymbr (“one year old ewe lamb”), from Proto-Germanic *gimr?? (“a yearling ewe-lamb”), from Proto-Indo-European *??yem- (“winter”).

Noun

gimmer (plural gimmers)

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

Anagrams

• megrim

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse gymbr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?m??r/

Noun

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

Further reading

• “gimmer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Scots

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [???m?r]

Noun

gimmer (plural gimmers)

1. a two-year-old ewe

Derived terms

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