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 a male given name ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: Summarliði Faroese: Summarliði → Scottish Gaelic: Somhairle English: Sorley === Further reading === “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