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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>{{App|Calendars}}</ref> | '''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== | ==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> | 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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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]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D, "The Calendars"
- ↑ Arden R. Smith, "The Shire month-names", Mellonath Daeron - The Language Guild of the Forodrim (accessed 9 May 2024)
- ↑ Jim Allan (1978), An Introduction to Elvish, Giving of Names, p. 227
