þrimilcemonaþ
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Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]ðrymylce, ðrymylcemonaþ, ðrymylcemonað
Etymology
[edit]From þri + milce + mōnaþ, lit. "three-milk-month."
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]þrimilcemōnaþ m
- May
- 725, Bede, The Reckoning of Time, Ch. 15
- Se fīfta mōnaþ is nemned on ūre geðeōde Ðrymylce, for ðon sƿylc genihtsumnesƿæs geō on Brytone and eāc on Germania lande, of ðæm Ongla ðeōd com on ðās Breotone, ðæt hī on ðæm mōnðe þriƿa on dæge mylcedon heora neāt.
- the fifth month is called Ðrymylce in our language, because before, there was such abundance in Britain and also in Germania, whence the Angle-people came to Britain, would milk their cows thrice a day.
- 725, Bede, The Reckoning of Time, Ch. 15
See also
[edit]- (Gregorian calendar months) mōnaþ; æfterra ġēola (“January”), solmōnaþ (“Februrary”), hrēþmōnaþ (“March”), ēastermōnaþ (“April”), þrimilcemōnaþ (“May”), searmonaþ (“June”), æfterra līþa, Mǣdmōnaþ (“July”), wēodmōnaþ (“August”), hærfestmōnaþ, hāliġmōnaþ (“September”), winterfylleþ (“October”), blōtmōnaþ (“November”), ǣrra ġēola (“December”) (Category: ang:Months)