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Old English
Etymology
Ultimately derived from ġēol. See there for more.
Bede stated that the name gēola derived from a term for the winter solstice.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈje͜oː.lɑ/, /ˈjuː.lɑ/, /ˈjoː.lɑ/
Noun
ġēola or ġeōla m
- two-month period covering December and January
Declension
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References
- ^ Bede (725) “De ratione Temporum”, in Patrologia Latina, volume 90, published 1862, page 357: “Menses Giuli a conversione solis in auctum diei, quia unus eorum præoedit, alius supsequitur, nomina accipiunt.”
- ^ Bede (725) Faith Wallis, transl., The Reckoning of time, Liberpool: Liverpool University Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page 54: “The months of Giuli derive their name from the day when the Sun turns back to increase, because one of precedes and the other follows”