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English
Noun
somer (plural somers)
- (obsolete or eye dialect) Summer.
1853, Various, Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853: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):In Scotland, that somer, was nothing but myrth; for all yead[515] with the preastis eavin at thare awin pleasur.
Anagrams
- Mores, Morse, Moser, Romes, meros, mesor, moers, mores, morse, omers, s'more, smore
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch zomer.
Pronunciation
Noun
somer (plural somers)
- summer
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Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin sagmārius (“having a saddle”), from sagma (“saddle for pack animals”).
Pronunciation
Noun
somer m (plural somers)
- (dialectal) jackass
- Synonym: ase
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Middle Dutch
Etymology 1
From Old Dutch *sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.
Noun
sōmer m
- summer
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Etymology 2
From Old Dutch *sōmari, from Medieval Latin sagmārius.
Noun
sômer m
- beast of burden, especially a horse
- pack, case (which is loaded onto and carried by a horse)
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- “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
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old English sumor, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.
Pronunciation
Noun
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.
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