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Skaldic Poetry of the Scandinavian Middle Ages

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Note to Þul Sjóvar 1III

[3] sumr (m.) ‘the swim’: A hap. leg. Perhaps from the strong verb svimma ‘swim’ (cf.  New Norw. sum ‘swam’, Shetland Norn sum ‘flood, swimming’), or else related to ODan. sum ‘quiet’ (see AEW: sumr; ÍO: sum(u)r 1). If the latter, sumr would mean ‘calm one’ (cf. sílægja ‘ever-lying one’, l. 1 above and the next heiti, lœgir ‘calm one’, derived from the strong verb liggja ‘lie’).

References

  1. Bibliography
  2. AEW = Vries, Jan de. 1962. Altnordisches etymologisches Wörterbuch. 2nd rev. edn. Rpt. 1977. Leiden: Brill.
  3. ÍO = Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon. 1989. Íslensk orðsifjabók. Reykjavík: Orðabók Háskólans.

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