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

1. some

Declension

Strong declension of sumr

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sumr	sum	sumt
accusative	suman	suma	sumt
dative	sumum	sumri	sumu
genitive	sums	sumrar	sums
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	sumir	sumar	sum
accusative	suma	sumar	sum
dative	sumum	sumum	sumum
genitive	sumra	sumra	sumra

Descendants

• Icelandic: sumur
• Faroese: summur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sum, som; (dialectal) sum’e, søm
• Old Swedish: sumber
  • Swedish: somme, somma, somt, (dialectal) sômmer, sômma
• Danish: somme
  • Norwegian Bokmål: somme

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “sumr”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive