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'''Halimath''' or '''[[Harvestmath]]''' in [[Bree]], was the ninth month of the [[Shire Calendar]], following [[Wedmath]] and approximately corresponding to modern [[23 August]] through [[21 September]].<ref>{{App|Calendars}}</ref> | |||
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The name represents a [[Hobbitish|modernization]] of the [[Old English]] name for September, ''[[wiktionary:haligmonaþ|hāliġmōnaþ]]'' meaning "holy month" (referring to pagan sacrifices).<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.forodrim.org/daeron/md_smn.html|articlename=The Shire month-names|author=[[Arden R. Smith]]|website=[http://www.forodrim.org/daeron Mellonath Daeron - The Language Guild of the Forodrim]}}</ref><ref>[[Jim Allan]] (ed.) ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', Giving of Names, p. 227</ref> | |||
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Halimath or Harvestmath in Bree, was the ninth month of the Shire Calendar, following Wedmath and approximately corresponding to modern 23 August through 21 September.[1]
Etymology[edit | edit source]
The name represents a modernization of the Old English name for September, hāliġmōnaþ meaning "holy month" (referring to pagan sacrifices).[2][3]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D, "The Calendars"
- ↑ Arden R. Smith, "The Shire month-names", Mellonath Daeron - The Language Guild of the Forodrim (accessed 19 April 2024)
- ↑ Jim Allan (ed.) An Introduction to Elvish, Giving of Names, p. 227
