Definitions
Definitions
1 sumar-tungl
n. the ‘summer-moon,’ i. e. the moon at the time when summer begins. In popular belief one ought to notice when he first sees the summer-moon, and then mark the first word spoken by the first person he meets, for it is prophetic; this is called ‘svara einum í sumartunglið,’ ‘to address one at the summer-moon,’ see Ísl. Þjóðs.; in the Icel. Almanack for 1872 the 7th of April is marked as the ‘sumar-tungl.’
Runic Inscription
Runic Inscription
sumar-tungl
The runic text above represents the Old Norse word "sumar-tungl" as it might appear in runic inscriptions from the Viking Age (c. 800-1100 CE).