Sumar-mál

Old Norse Dictionary - sumar-mál

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

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.)

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