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the brief armistice when your shadow surrenders and shrinks beneath your feet
means the middle of the day, around twelve o'clock, when the sun sits highest in the sky
from Plain Old English bones: 'mid' (middle) bolted to 'dæg' (day), giving 'middæg.' Both halves are ancient Germanic stock — 'mid' is a cousin of Latin 'medius' and Greek 'mesos,' all tracing back to a Proto-Indo-European root for 'middle.' No mystery here, just a word that has meant exactly what it says for well over a thousand years.
sun's peakSun hits its highest point, not its hottest
shadow trickVertical objects cast almost no shadow at solar noon
siesta logicMany cultures stop work to dodge peak heat
word rootsFrom Old English meaning the middle of the day
clock lieSolar noon rarely matches 12:00 on your clock