Weōdmōnaþ

Wēodmōnaþ (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]

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

“Agustus mōnaþ on ūre geþeōde wē nemnaþ Weōdmōnaþ, 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. ↑ Cockayne, Thomas. "The shrine: a collection of occasional papers on dry subjects" p.110
  2. ↑ Chapter XV, De mensibus Anglorum. "Vueod-monath mensis zizaniorum, quod ea tempestate maxime abundent.”
  3. ↑ Bosworth, Joseph. "An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online." Weód-mónaþ. March 21, 2010. Accessed September 20, 2014. http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/035110.
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