göjemånad

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Swedish

Etymology

According to historian Dick Harrison: likely a compound of göj (“–”) +‎ månad (“month”), from Old Norse göj (“snow”).^[1]
According to dictionary SO: a compound of göja (“the second month after Epiphany.”) +‎ månad (“month”).^[2]

First attested in 1538.^[3]

Possibly cognate with Old Norse gói (“middle of February to middle of March”).^[4]

Noun

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(obsolete) February
Synonym: februari
- 1872 March 7, “Märkwärdiga wäderlek! [Remarkable weather!]”, in Norrbottenskuriren, page 3:
  Efter en alltigenom blid Torsmånad och en föga ſträtware Göjemånad inträder en Mars, ſom tyckes wilja blifwa en werklig Wårmånad eller åtminstone ej "med raggit ſkägg ſkrämma barnen inom wägg."
  After a thoroughly mild January and a rather mild February, there comes a March that seems to want to become a real spring month or at least not "scare the children within walls with a ragged beard."

Coordinate terms

torsmånad (“January”)
göjemånad (“February”)
vårmånad (“March”)
gräsmånad (“April”)
blomstermånad (“May”)
sommarmånad (“June”)
hömånad (“July”)
skördemånad (“August”)
höstmånad (“September”)
slaktmånad (“October”)
vintermånad (“November”)
julmånad (“December”)

References

^ Dick Harrison (2020 February 1) “Under ”lilla istiden” var vintermånaden sträng [During the "Little Ice Age," the winter months were severe]”, in Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish): “Det gamla svenska namnet på februari är göjemånad – "göj" går sannolikt tillbaka på ett fornnordiskt ord som betyder "snö". ― The old Swedish name for February is "göjemånad" - "göj" likely traces back to an Old Norse word meaning "snow."”
^ göjemånad in Svensk ordbok (SO)
^ göjemånad in Svensk ordbok (SO)
^ A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic - gói

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