geola
Old English edit
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Etymology edit
Ultimately derived from ġēol. See there for more.
Bede stated that the name gēola derived from a term for the winter solstice.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ġēola or ġeōla m
Declension edit
Declension of geola (weak)
Declension of geola (weak)
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References edit
- ^ Bede (725) “De ratione Temporum”, in Patrologia Latina, volume 90, published 1862, page 357: “Menses Giuli a conversione solis in auctum diei, quia unus eorum præoedit, alius supsequitur, nomina accipiunt.”
- ^ Bede (725) Faith Wallis, transl., The Reckoning of time, Liberpool: Liverpool University Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page 54: “The months of Giuli derive their name from the day when the Sun turns back [and begins] to increase, because one of [these months] precedes [this day] and the other follows”