Latin

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Verb

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sūmor

  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of sūmō

Old English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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

Declension

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Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative sumor sumoras
accusative sumor sumoras
genitive sumores sumora
dative sumore, sumora sumorum

Derived terms

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Descendants

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See also

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

References

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