midsumor

Old English

Alternative forms

• midsumer

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *midisumar, from Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz, equivalent to mid- +‎ sumor. Cognate with German Mittsommer and Swedish midsommar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmidˌsu.mor/

Noun

midsumor m

1. midsummer
2. the middle of the summer

Usage notes

• In cases other than the strong nominative singular, the prefix usually becomes the adjective midd and is inflected: on middes sumores hǣte (“in the heat of midsummer”). Middæġ (“noon”), midniht (“midnight”), and midwinter (“midwinter”) work the same way.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	midsumor	midde sumoras
accusative	midne sumor	midde sumoras
genitive	middes sumores	midra sumora
dative	middum sumore, middum sumora	middum sumorum

Derived terms

• midsumordæġ m
• midsumormōnaþ m

Descendants

• Middle English: mydsomer, mesomur, middsomere, midsomer, midsumer, missomer, missomere, mydsomyre, mysomer, myssomer, myssomere, myssomur, myssommyr
  • English: midsummer, Midsummer
  • Middle Scots: midsomer, midsymmer
    • Scots: midsimmer

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “midsumor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.