Sumarliði

Old Norse

Etymology

sumar (“summer”) +‎ liði (“slider, passer, walker”). Apart from its use as a name, sumarliði means “sailor”, since fleets were gathered in summer. Compare Vetrliði (“Winter-passer”) and Old English sumorlida (“summer fleet”).

Proper noun

Sumarliði m

1. a male given name

Descendants

• Icelandic: Summarliði
• Faroese: Summarliði
• → Scottish Gaelic: Somhairle
  • English: Sorley

References

• “Sumarliði” in Dictionary of Old Norse Prose (ONP) at University of Copenhagen
• Sara M. Pons-Sanz (2013) The Lexical Effects of Anglo-Scandanavian Linguistic Contact on Old English, Turhout, Belgium: Brepolis Publishers, page 61