firre

Middle English

firre

Etymology 1

FromOld Englishfyrh,furh,fromProto-West Germanic*furhu,fromProto-Germanic*furhō.Alternatively fromOld Norsefýri,from the same Proto-Germanic source.

Alternative forms

• ferre,fir,fyr,fyrr,veer,verre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈfir(ə)/,/ˈfɛr(ə)/

Noun

firre

1. fir(Abiesspp.)
2. firwood

Derived terms

• firren

Descendants

• English:fir
• Scots:fir

References

• “firre, n.¹”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

Etymology 2

Fromfirse,the-sbeing taken as the plural ending.

Alternative forms

• fyre,ffyre,fyyre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈfir(ə)/

Noun

firre(pluralferse)

1. (Late Middle English)furze,gorse.

Synonyms

• firse

Descendants

• Yola:wyddeer

References

• “firre, n.²”,inMED Online,Ann Arbor, Mich.:University of Michigan,2007.

Swedish

Etymology

Derived fromfisk(“fish”)by a colloquial formation changing certain /s/ consonant clusters into-rr-.Compareflaska>flarra(“bottle”)andsmaskig>smarrig(“yummy, tasty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/²fɪrɛ/

Noun

firrec

1. (colloquial)fish

   Synonym:fisk

   Vilken finfirredu fick!―What a nicefishyou got!

Declension

Declension offirre
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	firre	firren	firrar	firrarna
Genitive	firres	firrens	firrars	firrarnas

References

• firreinSvensk ordbok(SO)
• Per Ledin (2013 March 28) “Glad pårre igen!”, inPå svenska‎^[1](Blog), archived fromthe originalon26 September 2020

Traveller Norwegian

Noun

firre

1. afish

See also

• firre
• makjo