missere

Old English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmis.seːre/

Noun

missēre n (nominative plural missēru)

  1. 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)
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