Old English · noun
þrimilcemonaþ
- Part of speech
- noun, masculine
- IPA
- /ˈθriˌmil.t͡ʃeˌmoː.nɑθ/[ˈθriˌmiɫ.t͡ʃeˌmoː.nɑθ]
- Syllables
- ˈθri · ˌmil · t͡ʃe · ˌmoː · nɑθ (5 syllables)
Meaning
the fifth month of the year according to the Anglo-Saxon calendar
May
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.
725, Bede, The Reckoning of Time, Ch. 15
Etymology
From þri + *milċe + mōnaþ, lit. "three-milch-month."
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