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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
Noun
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
Declension of missere (strong ja-stem)