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Old English
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *blōtamānōþ. Cognate with Old Saxon blōtmānuđ, Old High German bluoʒmānōd. Equivalent to blōt + mōnaþ, so called because in Anglo-Saxon times sacrifices were made before the winter set in.
Pronunciation
Noun
blōtmōnaþ m
- November
- late 9th century, Old English Martyrology
Sē endlefta mōnaþ on ġēare is nemned on ūre ġeþēode blōtmōnaþ for þon þe ūre ieldran, þā hīe hǣðene wǣron, on þām mōnaþ hīe blēoton ā.- The eleventh month of the year is called November in our language because our forefathers, when they were pagan, always sacrificed in this month.
Declension
Declension of blōtmōnaþ (strong consonant stem)
See also
- (Gregorian calendar months) mōnaþ; æfterra ġēola (“January”), solmōnaþ (“Februrary”), hrēþmōnaþ (“March”), ēastermōnaþ (“April”), þrimilcemōnaþ (“May”), searmonaþ (“June”), æfterra līþa, Mǣdmōnaþ (“July”), wēodmōnaþ (“August”), hærfestmōnaþ, hāliġmōnaþ (“September”), winterfylleþ (“October”), blōtmōnaþ (“November”), ǣrra ġēola (“December”) (Category: ang:Months)