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Old English · noun

giululing

Part of speech
noun, masculine
Modern English
july

Meaning

  1. July.

    Quintus. giululing

    Fifth [month, i.e. July]. giululing

    8th c., J. H. Hessels, editor, An Eighth-Century Latin–Anglo-Saxon Glossary […] , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,

Etymology

Possibly from giuli (not related to iūlius (“July”)), alternative form of geola ("December/January") + -ling (diminutive suffix), the connection being that December is the month of the winter solstice, July of the summer (i.e. little) solstice. geola may also be etymologically connected with the solstice—see further there.

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