Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Sumar-liði

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 definitions

1 sumar-liði

a, m. a ‘summer-slider,’ a sailor, mariner; the Saxon Chron. s. a. 871 says there arrived a ‘mycil sumar-liða,’ i. e. a great fleet of Vikings, as has been explained by Prof. Munch. Sumarliði as a pr. name is freq. in Icel., Landn.: cp. vetrliði.

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Runic Inscription

sumar-liði

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "sumar-liði" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

ch: chapter.
ch.: chapter.
cp: compare.
cp.: compare.
f.: feminine.
freq: frequent, frequently.
freq.: frequent, frequently.
i. e.: id est.
Icel: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.: Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
id: idem, referring to the passage quoted or to the translation
l.: Linnæus.
m.: masculine.
n.: neuter.
p.: page.
pr.: proper.
s. a.: sub anno.

Works & Authors

Landn.: Landnáma. (D. I.)

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