sumor

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Latin

Verb

sūmor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of sūmō

Old English

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Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *sumar, see also Old Saxon sumar, Old High German sumar, Old Norse sumar.

Pronunciation

Noun

sumor m

  1. summer
    • late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
      ...þis ēalond hafað myċele lengran dagas on sumera, ⁊ swā ēac nihta on wintra, þonne ðā sūðdǣlas middanġeardes.
      ...this island has much longer days in the summer, and equally longer nights in the winter, than the southern parts of the world..

Usage notes

The dative/instrumental is usually sumora, most likely by association with winter, with which this word is often found in collocation.

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See also

Seasons in Old English · tīde (layout · text) · category
lencten (spring) sumor (summer) hærfest (autumn) winter (winter)

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