Sumarliði

Old Norse

Etymology

By surface analysis, sumar (“summer”) +‎ liði (“army, fleet”). Cognate with Old English sumorlida (“summer fleet”)

Proper noun

Sumarliði m

1. a male given name

Descendants

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

References

• Sara M. Pons-Sanz (2013) The Lexical Effects of Anglo-Scandanavian Linguistic Contact on Old English, Turhout, Belgium: Brepols Publshers, page 61