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Old Norse
Etymology
sumar (“summer”) + liði (“slider, passer, walker”). Apart from its use as a name, sumarliði means “sailor”, since fleets were gathered in summer. Compare Vetrliði (“Winter-passer”) and Old English sumorlida (“summer fleet”).
Proper noun
Sumarliði m
- a male given name
Descendants
References
- “Sumarliði” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
- Sara M. Pons-Sanz (2013) The Lexical Effects of Anglo-Scandanavian Linguistic Contact on Old English, Turhout, Belgium: Brepolis Publishers, page 61