firre

Middle English

firre

Etymology 1

From Old English fyrh, furh, from Proto-West Germanic *furhu, from Proto-Germanic *furhō. Alternatively from Old Norse fýri, 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 (Abies spp.)
2. fir wood

Derived terms

• firren

Descendants

• English: fir
• Scots: fir

References

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

Etymology 2

From firse, the -s being taken as the plural ending.

Alternative forms

• fyre, ffyre, fyyre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfir(ə)/

Noun

firre (plural ferse)

1. (Late Middle English) furze, gorse.

Synonyms

• firse

Descendants

• Yola: wyddeer

References

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

Swedish

Etymology

Derived from fisk (“fish”) by a colloquial formation changing certain /s/ consonant clusters into -rr-. Compare flaska > flarra (“bottle”) and smaskig > smarrig (“yummy, tasty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fɪrɛ/

Noun

firre c

1. (colloquial) fish

   Synonym: fisk

   Vilken fin firre du fick! ― What a nice fish you got!

Declension

Declension of firre

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	firre	firres
	definite	firren	firrens
plural	indefinite	firrar	firrars
	definite	firrarna	firrarnas

References

• firre in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• Per Ledin (2013 March 28) “Glad pårre igen!”, in På svenska‎^[1] (Blog), archived from the original on 26 September 2020

Traveller Norwegian

Noun

firre

1. a fish

See also

• firre
• makjo