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'''Wedmath''' is the eighth month of the [[Shire Calendar]], following [[Afterlithe]] and approximately equivalent to modern August. In fact, it ran from modern 24 July to 22 August in a normal year. | '''Wedmath''' is the eighth month of the [[Shire Calendar]], following [[Afterlithe]] and approximately equivalent to modern August. In fact, it ran from modern 24 July to 22 August in a normal year.<ref>{{App|Calendars}}</ref> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The name represents a [[Hobbitish|modernization]] of the [[Old English]] name for August, ''[[wiktionary:weodmonaþ|Wéodmónaþ]]'', meaning "grass-month" (cf. ''weed'').<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> | The name represents a [[Hobbitish|modernization]] of the [[Old English]] name for August, ''[[wiktionary:weodmonaþ|Wéodmónaþ]]'', meaning "grass-month" (cf. ''weed'').<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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Wedmath is the eighth month of the Shire Calendar, following Afterlithe and approximately equivalent to modern August. In fact, it ran from modern 24 July to 22 August in a normal year.[1]
Etymology
The name represents a modernization of the Old English name for August, Wéodmónaþ, meaning "grass-month" (cf. weed).[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 20 April 2024)
- ↑ Jim Allan (ed.) An Introduction to Elvish, Giving of Names, p. 227
