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==Etymology==
 
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[[Old English]] ''líða'', is the old name for the months June and July.<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 780-1</ref>
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[[Old English]] ''[[wiktionary:liþa|líða]]'', is the old name for the months June and July.<ref name="Nomen">{{HM|N}}, p. 780-1</ref> It probably referred to the first new moon around the summer solstice.<ref>[[Jim Allan]] (ed.) ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'', Giving of Names, p. 227</ref>
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In the [[Bree]] Calendar the sixth month of the year ([[Forelithe]] in the Shire Calendar) was named ''Lithe''.<ref>{{App|Calendars}}</ref>
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Latest revision as of 08:02, 21 November 2012

Lithe refers to two feast days of the Shire Calendar that lay either side of Midyear's Day (and, in a leap year, the special feast-day of the Overlithe).[1]

Events that occurred on 1 Lithe:

[edit] Etymology

Old English líða, is the old name for the months June and July.[2] It probably referred to the first new moon around the summer solstice.[3]

[edit] Bree calendar

In the Bree Calendar the sixth month of the year (Forelithe in the Shire Calendar) was named Lithe.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D, "The Shire Calendar"
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Nomenclature of The Lord of the Rings" in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 780-1
  3. ↑ Jim Allan (ed.) An Introduction to Elvish, Giving of Names, p. 227
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D, "The Calendars"
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