geola

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately derived from ġēol. See there for more.

Bede stated that the name gēola derived from a term for the winter solstice.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈje͜oː.lɑ/, /ˈjuː.lɑ/, /ˈjoː.lɑ/

Noun

ġēola or ġeōla m

  1. two-month period covering December and January

Declension

Weak:

singular plural
nominative ġēola ġēolan
accusative ġēolan ġēolan
genitive ġēolan ġēolena
dative ġēolan ġēolum

Weak:

singular plural
nominative ġeōla ġeōlan
accusative ġeōlan ġeōlan
genitive ġeōlan ġeōlena
dative ġeōlan ġeōlum

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References

  1. ^ Bede (725) “De ratione Temporum”, in Patrologia Latina, volume 90, published 1862, page 357: “Menses Giuli a conversione solis in auctum diei, quia unus eorum præoedit, alius supsequitur, nomina accipiunt.”
  2. ^ Bede (725) Faith Wallis, transl., The Reckoning of time, Liberpool: Liverpool University Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page 54: “The months of Giuli derive their name from the day when the Sun turns back [and begins] to increase, because one of [these months] precedes [this day] and the other follows”
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