þrimilcemonaþ

Old English

Alternative forms

ðrymylce, ðrymylcemonaþ, ðrymylcemonað

Etymology

From þri +‎ milce +‎ mōnaþ, lit. "three-milk-month."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθriˌmil.keˌmoː.nɑθ/, [ˈθriˌmiɫ.keˌmoː.nɑθ]

Noun

þrimilcemōnaþ m

1. May
   • 725, Bede, The Reckoning of Time, Ch. 15

     Se fīfta mōnaþ is nemned on ūre geðeōde Ðrymylce, for ðon sƿylc genihtsumnesƿæs geō on Brytone and eāc on Germania lande, of ðæm Ongla ðeōd com on ðās Breotone, ðæt hī on ðæm mōnðe þriƿa on dæge mylcedon heora neāt.

     the fifth month is called Ðrymylce in our language, because before, there was such abundance in Britain and also in Germania, whence the Angle-people came to Britain, would milk their cows thrice a day.