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missere

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
missere, missare, es; n.
A period of half a year
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  • Swá ic Hring-Dena hund missera (

    fifty years

    )

    weóld,

    • Beo. Th. 3543
    • ;
    • B. 1769: 3001
    • ;
    • B. 1498.
  • Fela missera

    many a year,

    • 309
    • ;
    • B. 153: 5234
    • ;
    • B. 2620: Cd. 145
    • ;
    • Th. 180, 23
    • ;
    • Exod. 49.
  • Hé forþ gewát misserum fród (

    well stricken in years

    ),
    • 83
    • ;
    • Th. 104, 30
    • ;
    • Gen. 1743.
  • Missarum fród,

    • 107
    • ;
    • Th. 141, 16
    • ;
    • Gen. 2345.
Etymology
[cf.
Icel. ár heitir tvau misseri, but the word also means a year: as in the following examples the Icelandic word (also written missari) occurs generally in the plural. v. Grmm. D. M. 716
]
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  • missere, n.