somer

See also: Somer

English

Noun

somer (plural somers)

1. (obsolete or eye dialect) Summer.
   • 1853, Various, Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853‎^[1]:

     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)‎^[2]:

     In Scotland, that somer, was nothing but myrth; for all yead[515] with the preastis eavin at thare awin pleasur.

Anagrams

• s'more, moser, meros, morse, smore, moers, Moser, omers, Morse, mores, mesor, Romes, Mores

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch zomer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʊəmər/

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Noun

somer (plural somers)

1. summer

See also

Seasons in Afrikaans · seisoene (layout · text) · category
lente, voorjaar (“spring”)	somer (“summer”)	herfs, najaar (“autumn”)	winter (“winter”)

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin sagmārius (“having a saddle”), from sagma (“saddle for pack animals”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [suˈme]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [soˈme]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [soˈmeɾ]

Noun

somer m (plural somers)

1. (dialectal) jackass

   Synonym: ase

Coordinate terms

• somera (“she-ass”)

Further reading

• “somer”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.

Noun

sōmer m or f

1. summer

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	sōmer	sōmere
accusative	sōmer	sōmere
genitive	sōmers	sōmere
dative	sōmere	sōmeren

Strong feminine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	sōmer	sōmere
accusative	sōmer	sōmere
genitive	sōmer, sōmere	sōmere
dative	sōmer, sōmere	sōmeren

Alternative forms

• sommer

Derived terms

• sōmersch
• middesōmer

Descendants

• Dutch: zomer
  • Afrikaans: somer
• Limburgish: zómmer
• West Flemish: zommer

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *sōmari, from Medieval Latin sagmārius.

Noun

sômer m

1. beast of burden, especially a horse
2. pack, case (which is loaded onto and carried by a horse)

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	sômer	sômere
accusative	sômer	sômere
genitive	sômers	sômere
dative	sômere	sômeren

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

• somere, sumer, summir
• zomere (Kent)

Etymology

Inherited from Old English sumor, from Proto-West Germanic *sumar, from Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsumər/

Noun

somer (plural someres)

1. 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.

Related terms

• gossomer
• mydsomer
• Somersete

Descendants

• English: summer
• Scots: somer, sumer, simmer, simer
• Yola: zimmer, zummer

References

• “sǒmer, n.¹”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• samer (Mooring)
• Somer (Sylt)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.

Noun

somer m (plural somern)

1. (Mooring) summer