Sumar-gjöf
Old Norse Dictionary - sumar-gjöfMeaning of Old Norse word "sumar-gjöf" (or sumar-gjǫf) in English.
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
Abbreviations used:
- f.
- feminine.
- Icel.
- Iceland, Icelander, Icelanders, Icelandic.
- l.
- line.