midsumor
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Old English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-West Germanic *midisumar, from Proto-Germanic *midjasumaraz, equivalent to mid- + sumor. Cognate with German Mittsommer and Swedish midsommar.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
midsumor m
Usage notes[edit]
- In cases other than the strong nominative singular, the prefix usually becomes the adjective midd and is inflected: on middes sumores hǣte (“in the heat of midsummer”). Middæġ (“noon”), midniht (“midnight”), and midwinter (“midwinter”) work the same way.
Declension[edit]
Declension of midsumor (strong a-stem)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “midsumor”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
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