missere

== Old English == === Etymology === Cognate with Old Norse misseri (“a season (of six months)”). Possibly related to mæl from Proto-Germanic *mēlą (“measure, time, occasion”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European root *meh₁- (“to measure”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈmis.se.re/ === Noun === missere n (archaic) half-year Sona þæt onfunde, se ðe floda begong heorogifre beheold hund missera. ― At once he found her, who had guarded the water's realm ravenously for a hundred half-years. (Beowulf, ll. 1498-9) ==== Declension ==== Strong ja-stem: