Anglo-Saxon Months

In the subtitle bits of the archive titles for each month view I have included the Anglo-Saxon translation of the months represented. I am not sure how many people will have noticed this as very few people tend to spend time in the archives and fewer still probably pay any attention to the details I have added to this design.

For the extremely few who both pay attention to such details and stumble upon this page, I give you the explanation behind each month and their meaning in Anglo-Saxon, the below has been sourced from wordinfo, which has translations of things in to more languages than I dare care for.

• Wulf-monath indicated the time of the year when hungry wolves came into the villages.
• Sprout-kale was the time of the year when cabbages sprouted.
• Hlyd-monath expressed the month when there were storms.
• Eostur-monath commemorated the goddess of fertility.
• Thromilchi supposedly was the month when cows could be milked three times a day.
• Litha has a meaning which can not be determined with certainty.
• Maed-monath (mead-month) was when meadows were in bloom.
• Weod-monath (weed-month) or Scere-monath, was the month for shearing.
• Harvest-monath is easily understood.
• Winterfylleth, or the full moon, marked the beginning of winter.
• Blod-monath (blood month) was when the cattle and other domestic animals were butchered.
• Heligh-monath was “holy-month”.