geola

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately derived from ġēol. See there for more.

Bede stated that the name gēola derived from a term for the winter solstice.[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈje͜oː.lɑ/, /ˈjuː.lɑ/, /ˈjoː.lɑ/

Noun

ġēola or ġeōla m

  1. two-month period covering December and January

Declension
Declension of geola (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ġēola ġēolan
accusative ġēolan ġēolan
genitive ġēolan ġēolena
dative ġēolan ġēolum
Declension of geola (weak)
Case Singular Plural
nominative ġeōla ġeōlan
accusative ġeōlan ġeōlan
genitive ġeōlan ġeōlena
dative ġeōlan ġeōlum

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References
  1. 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.”
  2. 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 [and begins] to increase, because one of [these months] precedes [this day] and the other follows”
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