somer
See also: Somer
English edit
Noun edit
somer (plural somers)
- (obsolete or eye dialect) Summer.
- 1853, Various, Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853[1]:
- To the examples alleged by Richardson, in his Dictionary, add the following: "I se it by ensaunple In somer tyme on trowes; Ther some bowes ben leved, And some bereth none, There is a meschief in the more Of swiche manere bowes."
- 1895, John Knox, The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6)[2]:
- In Scotland, that somer, was nothing but myrth; for all yead[515] with the preastis eavin at thare awin pleasur.
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Afrikaans edit
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Noun edit
somer (plural somers)
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Seasons in Afrikaans · seisoene (layout · text) · category | |||
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lente, voorjaar (“spring”) | somer (“summer”) | herfs, najaar (“autumn”) | winter (“winter”) |
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Late Latin sagmārius (“having a saddle”), from sagma (“saddle for pack animals”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
somer m (plural somers)
Coordinate terms edit
- somera (“she-ass”)
Further reading edit
- “somer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Dutch *sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.
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sōmer m
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Etymology 2 edit
From Old Dutch *sōmari, from Medieval Latin sagmārius.
Noun edit
sômer m
- beast of burden, especially a horse
- pack, case (which is loaded onto and carried by a horse)
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Further reading edit
- “somer (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- “somer (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “somer (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “somer (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old English sumor, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.
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Noun edit
somer (plural somers)
- summer
- a. 1420, The British Museum Additional MS, 12,056, “Wounds complicated by the Dislocation of a Bone”, in Robert von Fleischhacker, editor, Lanfranc's "Science of cirurgie.", London: K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co, translation of original by Lanfranc of Milan, published 1894, →ISBN, page 63:
- Ne take noon hede to brynge togidere þe parties of þe boon þat is to-broken or dislocate, til viij. daies ben goon in þe wyntir, & v. in þe somer; for þanne it schal make quytture, and be sikir from swellynge; & þanne brynge togidere þe brynkis eiþer þe disiuncture after þe techynge þat schal be seid in þe chapitle of algebra.
Declension edit
Declension of somer
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References edit
- “sǒmer, n.1”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
See also edit
Seasons in Middle English · sesounes (layout · text) · category | |||
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lenten, spryng | somer | hervest, autumpne | winter |