Sumar-liði

Old Norse Dictionary - sumar-liði

Meaning of Old Norse word "sumar-liði" in English.

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.)
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