geola
Old English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately derived from ġēol. See there for more.
Bede stated that the name gēola derived from a term for the winter solstice.[1][2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ġēola or ġeōla m
Declension
[edit]Weak:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ġēola | ġēolan |
| accusative | ġēolan | ġēolan |
| genitive | ġēolan | ġēolena |
| dative | ġēolan | ġēolum |
Weak:
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ġeōla | ġeōlan |
| accusative | ġeōlan | ġeōlan |
| genitive | ġeōlan | ġeōlena |
| dative | ġeōlan | ġeōlum |
Synonyms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Bede (725) “De ratione Temporum”, in Patrologia Latina, volume 90, published 1862, page 357: “Menses Giuli a conversione solis in auctum diei, quia unus eorum præoedit, alius supsequitur, nomina accipiunt.”
- ^ Bede (725) Faith Wallis, transl., The Reckoning of time, Liberpool: Liverpool University Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page 54: “The months of Giuli derive their name from the day when the Sun turns back [and begins] to increase, because one of [these months] precedes [this day] and the other follows”