- The
Sumorsaete were an Anglo-Saxon
group living in what is now Somerset,
presumably around the town of Somerton. They are
evidently the
source of the county's...
-
historical languages in
motto language include:
County of
Somerset in England:
Sumorsǣte ealle (All the men of Somerset), Old English.
South Cambridgeshire in...
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Eorlingas Basingas Brycgstowl Dornsaete Gewisse Glastening Meonwara Rēadingas
Sumorsaete Sumortūnsǣte and
Glestinga ****ngas
Wiltsaete Wihtwara Ytenes See also...
- UK's
major music festivals. Somerset's name
derives from Old
English Sumorsǣte,
short for Sumortūnsǣte,
meaning "the
people living at or
dependent on...
- (Dorchester on Thames)
Hendricas (Wiltshire or Test Valley) Sumortūnsǣte /
Sumorsǣte / Sumorsætan (Somerset)
Unecunga /
Unecung (they
lived in
Unecunga Ga...
- in the summer,
hence the
county of
Somerset may
derive its name from
Sumorsaete,
meaning land of the
summer people. An
alternative suggestion is that...
- Shropshire:
Floreat Salopia (Let
Salop flourish) Somerset: Old English:
Sumorsaete ealle (All the
people of Somerset) Staffordshire: The knot
unites Suffolk:...
-
England (currently
ceremonial counties). They
included Defnascir (Devon),
Sumorsaete (Somerset),
Dornsaete (Dorset),
Wiltunscir (Wiltshire),
Hamptunscir (Hampshire)...
-
records that in 845
Alderman Eanwulf, with the men of
Somersetshire (
Sumorsǣte), and
Bishop Ealstan, and
Alderman Osric, with the men of Dorsetshire...
- Blue,
Green or Grey". The
Glastening may be
connected in some way to the
Sumorsaete, an
obscure Anglo-Saxon
group who may have
given their name to Somerset...
