[ˈæmər]
OprindelsePerhaps from em, but blended with Norwegian myrja (“mass, ember”). Ultimately from Old Norse eimyrja (“embers”), from Proto-Germanic *aimuzjǭ, equivalent to eimr + yrja. The form emmer seems to have been used originally as a singular, compare the variant emme (“ember”).
Compare Old English ǣmyrġe (“ember”) and Old High German eimuria (cf. German Ammer in dialectal High German).
See also Old Danish ildmørre (“glowing ash, ember”) and Old Danish myrje (“glowing ash, ember”).
- poeticglowing ash, embers
“Tag Emmer til Røgelse og læg derpaa noget af Fiskens Hjerte og Lever og ryg dermed.” — Take embers for incense, and lay thereon some of the fish’s heart and liver, and fumigate with it.
Formeremmer(indefinite, plural)