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-SUM - SUND
-sum an adjective suffix as in glad-some, win-some. [Goth. lustu-sams: O. Sax. O. H. Ger. lang-sam: Icel. frið-samr: O. Frs. hár-sum.] v. ang-, frem-, gehýr-, genyht-, lang-, lof-, luf-, sib-, wyn-sum as examples.
sumer (-or, -ur), es; dat. a, e; m. Summer :-- Feówer tída synd getealde on ánum geáre ... Aestas is sumor, Lchdm. iii. 250, 10. On ðone nygeþan dæg ðæs mónðes (May) biþ sumeres fruma. Se sumor hafaþ hundnygontig daga, Shrn. 83, 33. Sumor biþ sunwlitegost, Menol. Fox 473; Gn. C. 7. Beorht sumor, Cd. Th. 239, 23; Dan. 374. Sumer and winter; on sumera hit biþ wearm and on wintra ceald, Bt. 21; Fox 74, 23. Swá háttra sumor, swá mára ðunor and líget on geáre, Lchdm. iii. 280, 9. Gé witun ðæt sumor (-er, MSS. A. B. Lind. Rush.) ys gehende, Mt. Kmbl. 24, 32. Æ-acute;r sumor on tún gá before summer come, Lchdm. iii. 6, 1. Yldum bringþ sigelbeorhte dagas sumor tó túne, Menol. Fox 176; Men. 89. Sumur, Exon. Th. 354. 58; Reim. 67. Ðonne on sumeres tíd sunne hátost scíneþ, 212, 12; Ph. 209. Ðú ðe ðám winterdagum selest scorte tída, and ðæs sumeres dahum langran, Bt. 4; Fox 8, 5. Swá hé in swoloþan middes sumeres wæ-acute;re quasi in mediae aestatis caumate, Bd. 3, 19; S. 549, 30. Wintres and sumeres in winter and in summer, Exon. Th. 200, 7; Ph. 37. Ic (the fowler) nelle fédan hig (the hawks) on sumera, forðamðe hig þearle etaþ, Coll. Monast. Th. 26, 9. Wiþ ðære sunnan hæ-acute;to on sumere, Bt. 34, 10; Fox 150, 9. Ðý sumera fór Ælfréd cyning út on sæ-acute;, Chr. 875; Erl. 78, 5. Ðæs on sumera, 896; Erl. 94, 1. Ðý ilcan sumera, 897; Ed. 96, 14. Sumere, 885; Erl. 82, 25. Ofer ðone midne sumor (midne-sumor? cf. midne-dæg), 1006; Erl. 140, 5. Heó sý geworht ofer midne sumor, Lchdm. iii. 74, 11: Menol Fox 235; Men. 119. [O. Sax. O. H. Ger. sumar: O. Frs. sumur: Icel. sumar; n. (but earlier m.).] v. mid-, midde-, middan-sumer. See Grmm. D. M. c. 24.
sumer-hæ-acute;te, an; -hætu (o); indecl. or gen. e; f. Summer heat :-- Gif ðære stówe neód oþþe gedeorf oðþe sumerhæ-acute;te hwylces eácan behófige si loci necessitas uel labor aut ardor aestatis amplius poposcerit, R. Ben. 64, 17. For ðære sumorhæ-acute;te, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 132, 31. [Cf. Icel. sumar-hiti.]
sumer-læ-acute;can; p. -læ-acute;hte To draw near to summer :-- Wite gé ðæt hit sumorlæ-acute;hþ, Homl. Th. i. 614, 5.
sumer-lang; adj. Long as in summer, epithet of a day (cf. live-long) :-- Ic ásecgan ne mæg, þeáh ic gesitte sumerlongne dæg, eal þa earfeþu, Exon. Th. 272, 7; Jul. 495. Sumorlangne dæg, 443. 29; Kl. 37. Ðú wercest sumurlange dagas swíðe háte, Met. 4, 19. [O. Sax. thiu niguða tíd sumarlanges dages, Hel. 3422. M. H. Ger. sumer-lanc.]
sumer-líc; adj. Summer :-- Sumorlíc dæg aestivus dies, Wrt. Voc. i. 53, 28. Se sumerlíca sunnstede, Lchdm.iii. 250, 21. Mid ðære sumerlícan hæ-acute;tan, 252, 10. On sumerlícum tíman, Anglia xiii. 431, 939. [Eauer iliche sumerlich. Kath. 1663. O. H. Ger. sumac-líh aestivus: Icel. sumar-ligr.]
sumer-lida, an; m. [Lida, like the equivalent Icel. liði in sumar-liði, elsewhere refers to a single object, man or ship (v. lida, sæ-acute;-, ýð-lida), but in the passage given below from the Chronicle seems to mean a fleet. Later in the same work liþ (q. v.), which seems taken from the Scandinavians, is used in this sense, e. g. ðæt lið ðæt on Sandwíc læg, 1052; Erl. 183, 40, can sumer-lida be intended to represent Norse sumar-lið? In one other place sumer-lida occurs, in company with words relating to the sea, and it there glosses malleolus; but here perhaps sumer-loda should be read, and malleolus be taken in the sense shoot, twig (see spæc); cf. O. H. Ger. sumar-lota, -lata virgultum, palmes. v. Anglia xiii. 330.] A summer fleet, one that sets forth in summer and returns in autumn :-- Æfter ðissum gefeohte cuom micel sumorlida (tó Reádingum, MS. E.), Chr. 871; Erl. 74, 35. [Steenstrup takes the word to mean a force moving from its quarters in England, and leaving women, children, and goods behind there; but if Asser may be trusted, the reinforcement was from abroad. He says: 'quo praelio peracto, de ultramarinis partibus alius paganorum exercitus societati se adjunxit.'] Sumerlida malleolus, hýdscip mioparo, mæstcyst modius, Wrt. Voc. ii. 59, 25-27.
sumer-ræ-acute;dingbóc; f. A lectionary for the summer :-- .ii. sumer-ræ-acute;dingbéc, Chart. Th. 430. 16. [Cf. Icel. sumar-bók.] v. ræ-acute;ding-bóc.
Sumer-sæ-acute;te, -sæ-acute;tan; pl. The people or district of Somerset :-- Sumursæ-acute;tna se dæ-acute;l se ðæ-acute;r niéhst wæs ... Sumorsæ-acute;te alle and Wilsæ-acute;tan, Chr. 878; Erl. 80, 6-10. Mid Sumursæ-acute;tum, 845; Erl. 66, 21. On Dorsæ-acute;tum and on Sumærsæ-acute;ton (Sumersæ-acute;tum, MS. C.), 1015; Erl. 152, 12. Ofer Sumersæ-acute;ton and ofer Wealas, 1048; Erl. 180, 27. [He nom Sumersete, Laym. 21013. Dorsete and Wiltschire and Somersete also, R. Glouc. 3, 23.]
Sumersæ-acute;tisc; adj. Of Somerset :-- Defenisces folces and Sumorsæ-acute;tisces, Chr. 1001; Erl. 137, 11.
sumer-selde, an; f A summer-house :-- Selde proaula, i. domus coram aula, sumerselde zetas aestivales, Wrt. Voc. i. 57. 47. [Cf. Icel. sumarsetr a summer abode.]
súmness, e; f. Delay :-- Æfter monige &l-bar; longsum &l-bar; monigful súmnise (æfter micclum fæce, Rush.: fyrste, W. S.) post multum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 25, 19. [Cf. O. H. Ger. súmig negligens; súmheit tardatio, negligentia: Ger. säumniss delay, stay; säumen to stay; säumig tardy.]
sumor. v. sumer.
sumsende humming, sounding (of falling rain) :-- Hí (the storm-clouds) feallan læ-acute;taþ sweart sumsendu (suinsendu? v. swinsian) seáw of bósme, wæ-acute;tan of wontbe, Exon. Th. 385, 19; Rä. 4, 47. [Ger. summen,
sumsen to hum, buzz.]
sumur, sun-, suna. v. sumer, sunn-, sunu.
sund sound. v. an-, on-, ge-sund. [Sand, Ps. Th. 67, 20, is an error for ge-sund.]
sund, es; n. I. power of swimming :-- Hé sealde ðám fixum sund and ðám fugelum fliht, Homl. Th. i. 16, 7: Hexam. 8; Norm. 14, 10. Dol biþ se ðe gæ-acute;þ on deóp wæter, se ðe sund nafaþ, ne gesegled scip, Salm. Kmbl. 449; Sal. 225. [Heore (fishes) sund is awemmed, Laym. 21326.] II. the act of swimming :-- Hé on holme wæs sundés ðe sæ-acute;nra, Beo. Th. 2876; B. 1436. Hé ðé æt sunde oferflát he beat you at swimming, 1039; B. 517. Hé mid sunde (cf. Icel. með sundi) ða eá oferfaran wolde, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 72, 29. Apollonius becom mid sunde tó Pentapolim, Ap. Th. 11, 6. Hié on sunde (cf. Icel. á sundi) tó ðære byrig fóron, Nar. 10, 28: Beo. Th. 3240; B. 1618. Ðú ðe wið Brecan wunne on sídne sæ-acute; ymb sund flite thou that didst strive with Brecan on the wide sea, didst contend in the matter of swimming, 1019 ; B. 507. Flód on sund (cf. Icel. á sund) áhóf earce from eorðan, Cd. Th. 83, 32; Gen. 1388. III. sea, water :-- Streámas wundon, sund wið sande, Beo. Th. 431; B. 213. Ðá wæs sund liden then was the sea passed, 452; B. 223. Se stán tógán, streám út áweóll ... sund grunde onféng, Andr. Kmbl. 3055; An. 1530. Sund unstille, Exon. Th. 338, 14; Gn. Ex. 78. Swelaþ sæ-acute;fiscas sundes getwæ-acute;fde (the ocean having been dried up by the heat), 61, 20; Cri. 987. Wæ-acute;glíþende setlaþ sæ-acute;mearas sundes æt ende by the shore (or at the end of their swimming(?)), 361, 6; Wal. 15. Ic on sunde áwóx ufan ýþum þeaht, 392, 6; Rä. 11, 3. Sæ-acute;mearas sunde getenge, Elen. Kmbl. 456; El. 228.
Of nihtes sunde, Salm. Kmbl. 675; Sal. 337. Hié on sund (the Red Sea) stigon, Cd. Th. 198, 8; Exod. 319: Beo. Th. 1029; B. 512. Ðone ðe grund and sund, eorðan and hreó wæ-acute;gas, salte sæ-acute;streámas ámearcode, Andr. Kmbl. 1494; An. 748. Hwá ðam sæ-acute;flotan sund wísode who acted as pilot for the vessel, 762; An. 381: 976; An. 488. [Fiss on sund (watir, Trin. MS.); C. M. 621. Icel. sund swimming; a sound: Dan. Swed. sund a sound, strait.] v. syndig.