Sumar-mál

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Sumar-mál

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 sumar-mál

n. the ‘summer-meal;’ the last days of winter and the first of summer are thus called, e. g. in the Icel. Almanack for 1872 ‘sumar-mál’ is on the 20th of April and the following days: in sing., N. G. L. i. 240: plur., at sumarmálum, Grág. i. 140, 198, Gþl. 422, Rb. 42, Fms. ii. 99; sumarmála dagr = sumar-dagr fyrsti, Fb. i. 132; sumarmála-helgr, the Sunday that falls in the beginning of the summer, Sturl. ii. 235 C.

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚢᛘᛅᚱ-ᛘᛅᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

e. g.
exempli gratia.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
n.
neuter.
plur.
plural.
sing
singular.
sing.
singular.

Works & Authors

Fb.
Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Grág.
Grágás. (B. I.)
Gþl.
Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
N. G. L.
Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
Rb.
Rímbegla. (H. III.)
Sturl.
Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)

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