sumor

Latin

Verb

sūmor

1. first-person singular present passive indicative of sūmō

Old English

Alternative forms

• sumer, sumur

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.mor/

Noun

sumor m

1. summer

Usage notes

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

Declension

Declension of sumor (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	sumor	sumoras
accusative	sumor	sumoras
genitive	sumores	sumora
dative	sumore, sumora	sumorum

Derived terms

• sumorlīċ
• Sumorsǣte

Descendants

• Middle English: sumer, somer
  • English: summer
  • Scots: somer, sumer, simmer, simer
  • Yola: zimmer, zummer

See also

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

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “sumer”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.