tyrihjelm

Norwegian Nynorsk
Dialects
  • furæm (Telemål)
  • tyrihjalm (Buskerud)
  • taralm, tøralm, talalm, tørjon (Trøndersk)
  • tørhjelm (Hallingdal and Numedal)
  • torrolm, turull, tørælm, turem

Etymology

From tyri (“fatwood”) +‎ hjelm (“helmet”). There are used dialectal forms of this word starting with fur- and tørr-, so it is not clear what was the original form. Today, however, the form starting with tyri- is more common. [1]

Noun

tyrihjelm m (definite singular tyrihjelmen, indefinite plural tyrihjelmar, definite plural tyrihjelmane)

  1. Aconitum, a genus of plants in the family Ranunculaceae.

References
  1. K. Furuset (2015) Hva betyr plantenavna tyrihjelm og tysbast?
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