Old English · noun
sumor
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈsu.mor/
- Syllables
- ˈsu · mor (2 syllables)
- Modern English
- summer
Meaning
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summer
...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..
late 9th century, translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History
Declension
All forms (6)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *s(e)m-eh₂- Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-h₂-ór-o-der. Proto-Germanic *sumaraz Proto-West Germanic *sumar Old English sumor From Proto-West Germanic *sumar, see also Old Saxon sumar, Old High German sumar, Old Norse sumar.
Descendants
summer
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