n. A period of half a year [cf. Icel. ár heitir tvau misseri, but the word also means a year: as in the following examples the Icelandic word (also written missari) occurs generally in the plural. fifty years) weóld, Beo. Th. 3543; B. 1769: 3001; B. 1498. Fela missera many a year, 309; B. 153: 5234; B. 2620: Cd. 145; Th. 180, 23; Exod. 49. Hé forþ gewát misserum fród (well stricken in years), 83; Th. 104, 30; Gen. 1743. Missarum fród, 107; Th. 141, 16; Gen. 2345. missere