Sumar-tungl

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Sumar-tungl

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

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

ᛋᚢᛘᛅᚱ-ᛏᚢᚾᚴᛚ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

gl
glossary.
gl.
glossary.
i. e.
id est.
Icel
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
Icel.
Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
l.
Linnæus.
n.
neuter.
prop
properly.

Works & Authors

Ísl. Þjóðs.
Íslenzkar Þjóðsögur.

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