Somerset.
Anciently Sumorsœte or Sumorsœt—i.e. Suth-mor-sœt (south moor camp).
Anciently Sumorsœte or Sumorsœt—i.e. Suth-mor-sœt (south moor camp).
Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.