blotmonaþ

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbloːtˌmoː.nɑθ/

Noun

blōtmōnaþ m

1. the eleventh month of the year according to the Anglo-Saxon calendar
2. 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 ["sacrifice month"] in our language because our forefathers, when they were pagan, always sacrificed in this month.

Declension

Strong consonant stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	blōtmōnaþ	blōtmōnaþ
accusative	blōtmōnaþ	blōtmōnaþ
genitive	blōtmōnaþes	blōtmōnaþa
dative	blōtmōnaþ	blōtmōnaþum

See also

Anglo-Saxon calendar months: mōnaþedit

• æfterra ġēola
• solmōnaþ
• hrēþmōnaþ, hlȳda
• ēastermōnaþ
• þrimilċe, þrimilċemōnaþ
• ǣrra līþa, searmonaþ
• þrilīþa
• æfterra līþa, Mǣdmōnaþ
• wēodmōnaþ
• hærfestmōnaþ, hāliġmōnaþ
• winterfylleþ
• blōtmōnaþ
• ǣrra ġēola