mydsomer
Middle English
Alternative forms
- mesomur, middsomere, midsomer, midsumer, missomer, missomere, mydsomyre, mysomer, myssomer, myssomere, myssomur, myssommyr
Etymology
Inherited from Old English midsumor, from Proto-West Germanic *midisumar, from Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz; equivalent to myd- + somer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi(d)sumər/
Noun
mydsomer (uncountable)
- Midsummer; the summer solstice or the period around it.
- Midsummer Day/the Nativity of John the Baptist.
Descendants
References
- “mid-sǒmer, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.