Sumar-tungl

Significato della parola Old Norse "sumar-tungl"

Come definito dal dizionario Old Norse to English di Cleasby & Vigfusson:

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.’

Possibile iscrizione runica in Fuþark recente:ᛋᚢᛘᛅᚱ-ᛏᚢᚾᚴᛚ
Le rune Fuþark recenti sono state utilizzate dal 8° al 12° secolo in Scandinavia e nei loro insediamenti all'estero