Gēolmōnaþ

Gēolmōnaþ, ēac Midwintermōnaþ gehāten, is se twelfta and endemesta mōnaþ þæs gēares in þǣre Gregoriscan gerīmbēc, and hæfþ 31 dagas. In nīwum Englisce, brȳcþ man þæt word December, and hit is genumen of Lǣdenum worde decem for "tīene" (fyrst wæs hē se tēoða mōnaþ þæs gēares, ǣr þǣm þe Se æfterra Gēola and Solmōnaþ wurdon ætīehte). Se wintersunstede fielþ in Gēolmōnþe.

On Englisce is þes mōnaþ ēac Ǣrra Gēola gehāten, for þǣm þe þā Engle þōhton, þæt hē wæs ān twǣgra mōnþa Gēoles.

• In Þēodiscum Hǣðenscipe, þe is þæt wǣre onginn hwanon cymþ se wintertīma hāligdæg, is Gēol.
• In þǣre Cirice gerīmbēc, 26 Gēolmōnaþ is gehāten Sanctes Stephenes Dæg and in Īrlande is folclic symbeldæg. In þǣre Īriscan gerīmbēc is se mōnaþ Mī na Nollaig gehāten, (rihte "Se Mōnaþ Crīstesmæssan") and is se midda mōnaþ þǣre Wintertīde.
• Crīstesmæsse is gemǣred swā þēodlic symbeldæg in þǣm Geānlǣhtan Rīcum.

Trivia

• Gēolmōnaþ onginnþ on þǣm selfum dæg þǣre wuce swā Hāligmōnaþ ǣlcum gēare.
• Gēolmōnþes blōstm is se holen.
• Gēolmōnþes byrdstān is se turquoise.

Sēo ēac

• Stǣrlice gemynddagas

Mōnþas þæs gēares