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Ƿēodmōnaþ is se eahtoða mōnaþ þæs ȝēares in þǣre Gregoriscan ȝerīmbēċ, and hæfþ 31 daga. In nīƿum Englisce, brȳcþ man þæt ƿord August, and man nemnode hine tō þances Augustes Cāseres. Se mōnaþ hæfþ 31 daga for þǣm þe Augustus ƿolde sƿā fela daga sƿā Iulies Cāseres July. Augustus settede þæt nama mōnþes hēr forþȳ Cleopatra cƿēn Ǣgyptes asƿealt in þissum mōnþe. Ǣror nemnedon þā Rōmaƿare þone mōnaþ Sextilis in Bōclædene, for þǣm þe hit ƿæs se sixta mōnaþ in þǣm Romiscum ȝēare, þe ongann in Hreþmōnþe.
In Īrelande, (in þǣm Īriscan sprǣc) is Ƿēodmōnaþ cūþ sƿā Lūnasa, sƿā menn nū secgaþ þone Īriscan naman Lughnasadh, þe is ȝenemned for þǣm gode Lugh. Se forma dæȝ Ƿēodmōnþes hātte in þǣm Īriscum ȝēare (Lā Lūnasa) and in þǣre Īriscan ȝerīmbēċ is hē nū ȝiet ȝeþōht sƿā se ǣresta dæȝ hærfestes. Se forma Mōnandæȝ in Ƿēodmōnþe is ān þāra Þēodlican Symbeldaga in þǣre Cyneƿīsan Īrlandes.
- Ƿēodmōnaþ onȝinnþ on þǣm selfan dæȝe þǣre ƿuce sƿā Solmōnaþ in bissextte.
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