missere
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]missere n
- (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
[edit]Strong ja-stem:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | missere | misseru |
| accusative | missere | misseru |
| genitive | misseres | missera |
| dative | missere | misserum |