Sumar-gjöf

Meaning of Old Norse word "sumar-gjöf" (or sumar-gjǫf)

As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:

sumar-gjöf (sumar-gjǫf)

f. a summer-gift, a present on the first day of summer, which in Icel. is observed as a feast day.

Orthography: The Cleasby & Vigfusson book used letter ö to represent the original Old Norse vowel ǫ. Therefore, sumar-gjöf may be more accurately written as sumar-gjǫf.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛘᛅᚱ-ᚴᛁᚢᚠ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements