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'''Thrimidge''' is the fifth month of the [[Shire Calendar]], lying between [[Astron]] and [[Forelithe]], and approximately equivalent to modern May. In fact, it ran from modern 22 April to 21 May.<ref>{{App|Calendars}}</ref>
'''Thrimidge''', often written as '''Thrimich''', is the fifth month of the [[Shire Calendar]], lying between [[Astron]] and [[Forelithe]], and approximately equivalent to modern May. In fact, it ran from modern 22 April to 21 May.<ref name=cal>{{App|Calendars}}</ref>


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The name represents a [[Hobbitish|modernization]] of the [[Old English]] name for May, ''[[wiktionary:þrimilce|þrimilce]]'' meaning "Three milk-givings".<ref>[[Jim Allan]] (ed.) ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', Giving of Names, p. 227</ref>
The name represents a [[Hobbitish|modernization]] of the [[Old English]] name for May, ''[[wiktionary:þrimilce|þrimilce]]'' meaning "Three milk-givings".<ref>[[Jim Allan]] (ed.) ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', Giving of Names, p. 227</ref> As such, an archaic form of the name was '''Thrimilch'''.<ref name=cal/>
 
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Months in the Shire Calendar
  1. Afteryule (January)
  2. Solmath (February)
  3. Rethe (March)
  4. Astron (April)
  5. Thrimidge (May)
  6. Forelithe (June)
  7. Afterlithe (July)
  8. Wedmath (August)
  9. Halimath (September)
  10. Winterfilth (October)
  11. Blotmath (November)
  12. Foreyule (December)

Thrimidge, often written as Thrimich, is the fifth month of the Shire Calendar, lying between Astron and Forelithe, and approximately equivalent to modern May. In fact, it ran from modern 22 April to 21 May.[1]

Etymology

The name represents a modernization of the Old English name for May, þrimilce meaning "Three milk-givings".[2] As such, an archaic form of the name was Thrimilch.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D, "The Calendars"
  2. Jim Allan (ed.) An Introduction to Elvish, Giving of Names, p. 227