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The tenth month of the [[Shire Calendar]], approximately equivalent to modern [[October]] (in fact running from 22 September to 21 October on a modern calendar).
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'''Winterfilth''' was the tenth month of the [[Shire Calendar]], approximately equivalent to modern October (in fact running from 22 September to 21 October on a modern calendar).  


This month was called [[Wintring]] in [[Bree]]. It was a jest in Bree to speak of "Winterfilth in the (muddy) Shire"<ref name=cal>{{App|Calendars}}</ref>


==Etymology==
The name referred to the completion of the year ("filling") before Winter in their old calendar (before they adopted the [[King's Reckoning]]) when their new year began after harvest.<ref name=cal/>
The name actually represents a [[Hobbitish|modernization]] of the [[Old English]] name for October, ''[[wiktionary:winterfylleþ|Winterfylleþ]]'', meaning "Winter-filling" or "Winter-full moon".<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>
==See also==
*[[Summerfilth]] - a fictitious month used proverbially
{{references}}
[[Category:Hobbit Calendar]]
[[Category:Hobbit Calendar]]
[[de:Auenland-Kalender#Monate]]
[[fi:Talvenfilth]]

Revision as of 05:52, 24 July 2014

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)

Winterfilth was the tenth month of the Shire Calendar, approximately equivalent to modern October (in fact running from 22 September to 21 October on a modern calendar).

This month was called Wintring in Bree. It was a jest in Bree to speak of "Winterfilth in the (muddy) Shire"[1]

Etymology

The name referred to the completion of the year ("filling") before Winter in their old calendar (before they adopted the King's Reckoning) when their new year began after harvest.[1]

The name actually represents a modernization of the Old English name for October, Winterfylleþ, meaning "Winter-filling" or "Winter-full moon".[2]

See also

References