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1 MISSERI
n.1) season, a period of six months, half year (ár heitir tvau m.); sams misseris, in the same season;2) in pl. twelvemonth, year (er þau höfðu ásamt verit ein m., áttu þau son); önnur m., the next twelvemonth; á tveim hinum fyrrum misserum, in the two preceding years; öllum misserum, all the year round.* * *also spelt missari, n., usually in pl.; [from a compd word, the former part of which is miss, denoting the alternation, change of the seasons, for misseri is for the year what mál is for the day; the inflexive syllable -eri is uncertain, but not from ár, see Grimm’s Gramm. ii. 471 (note): to derive this old true Teut. word from Lat. semester is inadmissible, for the sense of a period of six months is not the original one: A. S. missare.]B. A season, or in plur. the seasons, of the year (Germ. Jahres-zeit); mál ok misseri, Hm. 57; sams misseris, at the same season, Gkv. 1. 8; skulu bændr timbr í tupt færa á misseri, en gör á tólf mánuðum, N. G. L. i. 387.II. in plur. esp. with a distributive or numeral pronoun, the ‘seasons,’ a circuit of seasons = a twelvemonth, a year; ein misseri, Gkv. 1. 9; þetta varð a einum misserum, Bs. i. 466; ein misseri stendr þeirra mál, Grág. i. 377; ok er þau höfðu ásamt verit ein misseri áttu þau son, Finnb. 294; önnur misseri, the next twelvemonths, Fms. v. 193; hver missari, vii. 129; á hverjum misserum, every season, Grág. i. 284; hann hafði þrennar veizlur á hverjum misserum, Fms. iv. 254 (vetri, Ó. H. 113, l. c.); tvau (or tvenn) missari, two years, Grág. i. 287; á tveim inum fyrrum misserum, Fms. viii. 173; nokkur misseri, some seasons, some time, Glúm. 372; þat (viz. thirty-six days) er inn tíundi hlutr allra missara, the tenth part of a whole year, Hom. 73; Færeyingar hafa nýtt kjöt öllum misserum, all the year round, Fær. 248; fîska-stöð öllum misserum, at all seasons, Ld. 4; en þó muntú þessi missari ( the current year) verða at búa í Tungu, 246; þá búa er þau misseri hafa þar búit, Grág. ii. 124; fyrir fardaga eða á miðjum misserum, 216; hann skyldi vera þar öll þau misseri, Nj. 209, Fms. vii. 137; þeir bjuggu þar fjóra vetr …, á inum fyrstum misserum, i. 265; en er á leið misserin, when the seasons drew to a close, Fas. ii. 523; þá var svá komit misserum at nótt var farljós, Fbr. 97 new Ed.; liðu nú af misserin, ok um várit eptir fór …, Sturl. i. 35.2. of a period of six months, half-year; menn höfðu talið í tveim misserum fjóra daga ens fjórða hundraðs, Íb. 6; ár heitir tvau misseri, Rb. 6: the following instances may be doubtful, taka tveggja missera vist, Grág. i. 152; sex misseri = three years (or = six years?), 264; þrjú missari, three half-years (or = three twelvemonths?), Fms. vi. 341 (cp. in the verse þrjú missarin þessi, as also the context of the passage, friðr namsk ár it þriðja, short above); fjögurra missera björg, Grág. i. 264.COMPDS: misseramót, misseraskipti, misseratal, misserisvist.
См. также в других словарях:
Semester — Sn Studienhalbjahr erw. fach. (18. Jh.) Neoklassische Bildung. Neubildung zu l. sēmēstris halbjährlich , zu l. sex (sechs) und l. mēnsis m. Monat . Ebenso nndl. semester, ne. semester, nfrz. semestre, nschw. semester, nnorw. semester. ✎ DF 4… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
semester — 1827, from Ger. Semester, from L. semestris, in cursus semestris course of six months, from semestris of six months, from sex six + mensis month … Etymology dictionary
Semester — Se*mes ter (s[ e]*m[e^]s t[ e]r), n. [G., from L. semestris half yearly; sex six + mensis a month.] A period of six months; especially, a term in a college or university which divides the year into two terms. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Semester — (v. lat. Semestre), 1) Zeit von einem halben Monat; 2) eine Zeit von 6 Monaten; auf Universitäten unterscheidet man ein Sommer u. Wintersemester, zwischen denen die Oster u. Michaeliszeit als Ferien die Grenzen od. Zwischenzeiten bilden. Davon… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Seméster — (lat.), Zeit von sechs Monaten, besonders auf Universitäten etc. halbjähriger Kursus (Sommer und Wintersemester). Semesterreiben, nämlich eines Salamanders, üblich bei studentischen Kommersen, wobei die »alten Herren« nach dem akademischen Alter… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Seméster — (lat.), Halbjahr … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Semester — Semester, eigentlich ein halber Monat, in der Regel aber für den Zeitraum von 6 Monaten gebraucht … Damen Conversations Lexikon
Semester — Semester, lat., 1/2 Jahr; semestral, halbjährlich … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
Semester — »Studienhalbjahr«: Das Wort ist eine gelehrte Substantivbildung des 16. Jh.s zu lat. semestris (< *sex mens tris) »sechsmonatig« in der Fügung semestre tempus »Zeitraum von sechs Monaten«. Bestimmungswort ist lat. sex »sechs« (vgl. ↑ sechs),… … Das Herkunftswörterbuch
semester — [n] term course, period, quarter, session; concepts 807,822 … New thesaurus
Semester — [Aufbauwortschatz (Rating 1500 3200)] Auch: • Trimester Bsp.: • Das Herbstsemester hat begonnen … Deutsch Wörterbuch
