Weodmonað is se eahtoða monaþ þæs geares in þǣre Gregoriscan gerīmbēc, and hæfþ 31 dagas. In nīƿum Englisce, brȳcþ man þæt ƿord August, and man nemnode hine tō þances Augustes Cāseres. Se mōnaþ hæfþ 31 dagas for þǣm þe Augustus ƿolde sƿā fela daga sƿā Iulies Cāseres Iulii. Agustus settede þæt nama mōnþes hēr forþȳ Cleopatra cƿēn Ǣgyptes asƿealt in þissum mōnþe. Ǣror nemnedon þā Rōmaware þone mōnaþ Sextilis in Bōclædene, for þǣm þe hit ƿæs se sixta mōnaþ in þǣm Romiscum gēare, þe ongann in Hreþmōnþe.
Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, Ƿēodmōnaþ
In Īrlande, (in þǣm Īriscan sprǣc) is Ƿēodmōnaþ cūþ sƿā Lūnasa, sƿā menn nū secgaþ þone Īriscan naman Lughnasadh, þe is genemned for þǣm gode Lugh. Se forma dæȝ Ƿēodmōnþes hātte in þǣm Īriscum gēare (Lā Lūnasa) and in þǣre Īriscan gerīmbēc is hē nū giet geþōht sƿā se ǣresta dæg hærfestes. Se forma Mōnandæg in Ƿēodmōnþe is ān þāra Þēodlican Symbeldaga in þǣre Cyneƿīsan Īrlandes.
- Ƿēodmōnaþ onginnþ on þǣm selfan dæge þǣre ƿuce sƿā Solmōnaþ in bises.
Monþas þæs geares
