# somer
## English
### Noun

somer (plural somers)
* (obsolete or eye dialect) Summer.
** 1853, Various, Notes and Queries, Number 182, April 23, 1853‎: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)‎: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: /ˈsʊəmər/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

somer (plural somers)
* 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: (Central) [suˈme]
* IPA: (Balearic) [soˈme]
* IPA: (Valencia) [soˈmeɾ]

### Noun

somer m (plural somers)
* (dialectal) jackass
    Synonym: ase

#### Coordinate terms

* somera (“she-ass”)

### Further reading

* “somer” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

sōmer m
* summer

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

##### 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
* beast of burden, especially a horse
* pack, case (which is loaded onto and carried by a horse)

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

### 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: /ˈsumər/

### Noun

somer (plural somers)
* 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.

### See also

Seasons in Middle English · sesounes (layout · text) · category :
| lenten, spryng | somer | hervest, autumpne | winter |

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* samer (Mooring)
* Somer (Sylt)

### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sumaraz.

### Noun

somer m (plural somern)
* (Mooring) summer