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Old English · noun

hærfestmonaþ

Part of speech
noun, masculine
IPA
/ˈxær.fest.moː.nɑθ/
[ˈhærˠ.vest.moː.nɑθ]
Syllables
ˈxær · fest · moː · nɑθ (4 syllables)
Modern English
september

Meaning

  1. the ninth month of the year according to the Anglo-Saxon calendar

  2. September

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *harbistamēnōþs. Cognate with Old Norse haustmánuðr and Old High German herbistmanoþ.

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