sumr

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sumaz, whence also Old English sum, Old High German sum, Gothic 𐍃𐌿𐌼𐍃 (sums). See also English some.

Pronoun

sumr

some

Descendants

Icelandic: sumur
Faroese: summur
Norwegian: somme, sum, som
Old Swedish: sumber
- Swedish: (somlig), (dialectal) sômmer, sômma
Danish: somme

References

sumr in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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