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hálig-mónaþ

  • noun [ masculine ]
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hálig-mónaþ, -mónþ, es; m.
Holy month, September
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  • On ðæm nigoþan mónþe on geáre biþ xxx daga se mónaþ hátte on léden septembris and on úre geþeóde háligmónaþ for ðon ðe úre yldran ðá ðá hí hǽðene wǽron on ðam mónþe hí guldon hiora deófolgeldum

    in the ninth month in the year there are thirty days. The month is called in Latin September, and in our language holy month, because our ancestors, when they were heathen, sacrificed to their idols in that month,

      Shrn.124, 28-31: 136, 27.

  • Háligmónþ,

      Menol. Fox 325; Men. 164.
Etymology
[Bede, De temporum ratione, c. 13, gives Halegmonath as the native equivalent of September, v. Grmm. Gesch. D. S. 56 sqq.]
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Bosworth, Joseph. “hálig-mónaþ.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18049.

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