Sumar-liði
Old Norse Dictionary - sumar-liði
Meaning of Old Norse word "sumar-liði"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sumar-liði
- a, m. a ‘summer-slider,’ a sailor, mariner; the Saxon Chron. s. a. 871 says there arrived a ‘mycil sumar-liða,’ i. e. a great fleet of Vikings, as has been explained by Prof. Munch. Sumarliði as a pr. name is freq. in Icel., Landn.: cp. vetrliði.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛘᛅᚱ-ᛚᛁᚦᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- ch.
- chapter.
- cp.
- compare.
- f.
- feminine.
- freq.
- frequent, frequently.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- i. e.
- id est.
- l.
- line.
- m.
- masculine.
- n.
- neuter.
- pr.
- proper, properly.
- s. a.
- sub anno.
Works & Authors cited:
- Landn.
- Landnáma. (D. I.)