symre

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• symra
• sømmer (dialectal)

Etymology

In an umlaut relationship with sumar (“summer”). This might have to do with the bloom of these flowers being an omen for summer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²sʏm.rə/

Noun

symre f (definite singular symra, indefinite plural symrer, definite plural symrene)

1. (botany) a spring flower of various genera
   1. (Trøndelag dialect, Sognamål, Southern Møre dialect, Northern Møre dialect, Northern Hordaland) A plant species of the genus Anemone, corresponding in other dialects to veis.

Derived terms

• alpesymre
• blåsymre
• filtsymre
• geitsymre
• gulsymre
• kronsymre
• kusymre
• kvitsymre
• vårsymre

References

• “symre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• myser