missere

Old English

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈmis.se.re/

Noun

missere n

1. (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

Declension of missere (strong ja-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	missere	misseru
accusative	missere	misseru
genitive	misseres	missera
dative	missere	misserum