Old English · adjective
sumorlang
- Part of speech
- adjective
- IPA
- /ˈsu.morˌlɑnɡ/[ˈsu.morˌlɑŋɡ]
- Syllables
- ˈsu · mor · ˌlɑnɡ (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- summer
Meaning
-
(of a day) as long as in the summer
Þǣr iċ sittam mōt sumorlangne dæġ, þǣr iċ wēpan mæġ mīne wræcsīþas, earfoþa fela.
There I can sit for summer-long day, there I can bemoan my exile-paths, many of hardships.
10th century, The Wife's Lament:
Declension
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | sumorlang | sumorlang | sumorlang |
| Accusative | sumorlangne | sumorlange | sumorlang |
| Genitive | sumorlanges | sumorlangre | sumorlanges |
| Dative | sumorlangum | sumorlangre | sumorlangum |
| Instrumental | sumorlange | sumorlangre | sumorlange |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | sumorlange | sumorlangasumorlange | sumorlang |
| Accusative | sumorlange | sumorlangasumorlange | sumorlang |
| Genitive | sumorlangra | sumorlangra | sumorlangra |
| Dative | sumorlangum | sumorlangum | sumorlangum |
| Instrumental | sumorlangum | sumorlangum | sumorlangum |
| Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | |||
| Nominative | sumorlanga | sumorlange | sumorlange |
| Accusative | sumorlangan | sumorlangan | sumorlange |
| Genitive | sumorlangan | sumorlangan | sumorlangan |
| Dative | sumorlangan | sumorlangan | sumorlangan |
| Instrumental | sumorlangan | sumorlangan | sumorlangan |
| Plural | |||
| Nominative | sumorlangan | sumorlangan | sumorlangan |
| Accusative | sumorlangan | sumorlangan | sumorlangan |
| Genitive | sumorlangrasumorlangena | sumorlangrasumorlangena | sumorlangrasumorlangena |
| Dative | sumorlangum | sumorlangum | sumorlangum |
| Instrumental | sumorlangum | sumorlangum | sumorlangum |
All forms (10)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *sumaralang. Cognate Old Saxon sumarlang, Middle High German sumerlang. Equivalent to sumor + lang.
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