Wēodmōnaþ

Wēodmōnaþ

Wēodmōnaþ

Anglo-Saxon term for August

Wēodmōnaþ or Ƿēodmōnaþ (modern English: Weed (or Grass) Month) was the Anglo-Saxon name for the month of August.[1]

The name was recorded by the Anglo-Saxon scholar Bede in his treatise De temporum ratione (The Reckoning of Time), saying that "Vueod-Monath is the month of weeds, as this is the time when they grow most abundantly"[2]

Ƿēodmōnaþ is also explained in Menologium of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles:

"Agustus mōnaþ on ūre geþēode wē nemnaþ Wēodmōnaþ, for ðon ðe hī on ðam mōnþe mǣst geweaxaþ."[3]

"The month of Agustus we call the weed month in our language, for these grow most in this month.”

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References

  1. [1]
    Cockayne, Thomas. "The shrine: a collection of occasional papers on dry subjects" p.110
  2. [2]
    Beda Venerabilis, "Chapter XV, De mensibus Anglorum", De Temporum Ratione, Vueod-monath mensis zizaniorum, quod ea tempestate maxime abundent.
  3. [3]
    Bosworth, Joseph (2014). "Weód-mónaþ". In Thomas Northcote Toller; Christ Sean; Ondřej Tichy (eds.). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University.
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