midsumor
Old English edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *midisumar, from Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz, equivalent to mid- + sumor. Cognate with German Mittsommer and Swedish midsommar.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
midsumor m
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
Declension of midsumor (strong a-stem)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “midsumor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.