Sumar-mál
Old Norse Dictionary - sumar-mál
Meaning of Old Norse word "sumar-mál"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- sumar-mál
- n. the ‘summer-meal;’ the last days of winter and the first of summer are thus called, e. g. in the Icel. Almanack for 1872 ‘sumar-mál’ is on the 20th of April and the following days: in sing., n. G. l. i. 240: plur., at sumarmálum, Grág. i. 140, 198, Gþl. 422, Rb. 42, Fms. ii. 99; sumarmála dagr = sumar-dagr fyrsti, Fb. i. 132; sumarmála-helgr, the Sunday that falls in the beginning of the summer, Sturl. ii. 235 C.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᛋᚢᛘᛅᚱ-ᛘᛅᛚ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- e. g.
- exempli gratia.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.
- L.
- Linnæus.
- n.
- neuter.
- plur.
- plural.
- sing.
- singular.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fb.
- Flateyjar-bók (E. I.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Grág.
- Grágás. (B. I.)
- Gþl.
- Gulaþings-lög. (B. II.)
- N. G. L.
- Norges Gamle Love. (B. II.)
- Rb.
- Rímbegla. (H. III.)
- Sturl.
- Sturlunga Saga. (D. I.)