Old English · noun
æfterra geola
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ˈæf.ter.rɑ ˈje͜oː.lɑ/[ˈæf.terˠ.rˠɑ ˈje͜oː.lɑ]
- Syllables
- ˈæf · ter · rɑ · ˈje͜oː · lɑ (5 syllables)
Meaning
the first month of the year according to the Anglo-Saxon calendar
January
On þone eahteðan ġeohheldæg bið þǣs mōnðes fruma þe mon nemneð Ianuarius, þæt is on ūre ġeþēode sē æftera ġēola.
On the eighth day of Christmas is the beginning of the month known as January, which in our language is After-Yule.
late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
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