missere

Old English

Etymology

Cognate with Old Norse misseri (“a season (of six months)”). Possibly related to mæl from Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“measure, time, occasion”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- (“to measure”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmis.se.re/

Noun

missere n

  1. (archaic) half-year
    • Sona þæt onfunde, se ðe floda begong heorogifre beheold hund missera. ― At once he found her, who had guarded the water's realm ravenously for a hundred half-years. (Beowulf, ll. 1498-9)

Declension

Strong ja-stem:

singular plural
nominative missere misseru
accusative missere misseru
genitive misseres missera
dative missere misserum
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