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The second month of the [[Shire Calendar]]. Approximately equivalent to modern February, it in fact ran from our 22 January to 20 February.
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'''Solmath''' was the second month of the [[Shire Calendar]]. Approximately equivalent to modern February, it in fact ran from our 22 January to 20 February.<ref name=cal>{{App|Calendars}}</ref>


==Etymology==
The name represents a [[Hobbitish|modernization]] of the [[Old English]] name for February, ''[[wiktionary:solmonaþ|Solmónaþ]]'', meaning "mud-month" (cf. ''soil'').<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.forodrim.org/daeron/md_smn.html|articlename=The Shire month-names|author=[[Arden R. Smith]]|website=[http://www.forodrim.org/daeron Mellonath Daeron - The Language Guild of the Forodrim]}}</ref><ref>{{HM|IE}}, Giving of Names, p. 227</ref>


In colloquial hobbitish, the month was pronounced, and sometimes spelled, ''Somath''.<ref name=cal/>
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Revision as of 12:11, 25 November 2014

Months in the Shire Calendar
  1. Afteryule (January)
  2. Solmath (February)
  3. Rethe (March)
  4. Astron (April)
  5. Thrimidge (May)
  6. Forelithe (June)
  7. Afterlithe (July)
  8. Wedmath (August)
  9. Halimath (September)
  10. Winterfilth (October)
  11. Blotmath (November)
  12. Foreyule (December)

Solmath was the second month of the Shire Calendar. Approximately equivalent to modern February, it in fact ran from our 22 January to 20 February.[1]

Etymology

The name represents a modernization of the Old English name for February, Solmónaþ, meaning "mud-month" (cf. soil).[2][3]

In colloquial hobbitish, the month was pronounced, and sometimes spelled, Somath.[1]

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