Old English Dictionary Entry

Sumer-hǽte

Part of speech: an; -hætu (o);

Definitions

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1 sumer-hǽte

indecl. or gen. e; f. Summer heat :-- Gif ðære stówe neód oþþe gedeorf oðþe sumerhǽte hwylces eácan behófige si loci necessitas uel labor aut ardor aestatis amplius poposcerit, R. Ben. 64, 17. For ðære sumorhǽte, Ors. 3, 9; Swt. 132, 31. [Cf. Icel. sumar-hiti.] sumer-hæte

Similar Words

-saca
-sacend
-sacung
-sagol
-sagun

Runic Inscription

ᛋᚢᛗᛖᚱ-ᚻǽᛏᛖ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

Icel.: Icelandic

Works & Authors

Ors.: Orosius, Historiarum (OE translation by Alfred)
R.: Riddles (Exeter Book)
Swt.: Sweet's Anglo-Saxon Reader

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