misseri

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse misseri.

Noun

misseri n (genitive singular misseris, nominative plural misseri)

  1. season (of six months)
  2. (education) semester

Declension

    Declension of misseri
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative misseri misserið misseri misserin
accusative misseri misserið misseri misserin
dative misseri misserinu misserum misserunum
genitive misseris misserisins missera misseranna

Further reading

Old Norse

Alternative forms

Etymology

Cognate with Old English missere (“half-year”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

misseri n (genitive misseris, plural misseri)

  1. half-year, period of six months

Declension

  Declension of misseri (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative misseri misserit misseri misserin
accusative misseri misserit misseri misserin
dative misseri misserinu misserum misserunum
genitive misseris misserisins missera misseranna

Coordinate terms

  • mál (“season, period of three months”)
  • ár (“year, period of twelve months”)

Descendants

  • Icelandic: misseri

References

  • “misseri”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • E.V. Gordon, An Introduction to Old Norse (Second Edition), New York, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 370, →ISBN.
  • “misseri” in: Richard Cleasby, Guðbrandur Vigfússon — An Icelandic-English Dictionary (1874)
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