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...
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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 Sunningas Wiltsaete Wihtwara Ytenes See also...
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UK's major music festivals. Somerset's name derives from Old English Sumorsǣte, short for Sumortūnsǣte, meaning "the people living at or dependent on...
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(Dorchester on Thames) Hendricas (Wiltshire or Test Valley) Sumortūnsǣte / Sumorsǣte / Sumorsætan (Somerset) Unecunga / Unecung (they lived in Unecunga Ga...
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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...
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England (currently ceremonial counties). They included Defnascir (Devon), Sumorsaete (Somerset), Dornsaete (Dorset), Wiltunscir (Wiltshire), Hamptunscir (Hampshire)...
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Shropshire: Floreat Salopia (Let Salop flourish) Somerset: Old English: Sumorsaete ealle (All the people of Somerset) Staffordshire: The knot unites Suffolk:...
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records that in 845 Alderman Eanwulf, with the men of Somersetshire (Sumorsǣte), and Bishop Ealstan, and Alderman Osric, with the men of Dorsetshire...
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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...
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