Gēolmōnaþ, ēac Midƿintermōnaþ gehāten, is se tƿelfta and endemesta mōnaþ þæs gēares in þǣre Gregoriscan gerīmbēc, and hæfþ 31 dagas. In nīƿum Englisce, brȳcþ man þæt ƿord December, and hit is genumen of Lǣdenum ƿorde decem for "tīene" (fyrst ƿæs hē se tēoða mōnaþ þæs gēares, ǣr þǣm þe Se æfterra Gēola and Solmōnaþ ƿurdon ætīehte). Se ƿintersunstede fielþ in Gēolmōnþe.
Simon Bening, Gēolmōnaþ
On Englisce is þes mōnaþ ēac Ǣrra Gēola gehāten, for þǣm þe þā Engle þōhton, þæt hē ƿæs ān tƿǣgra mōnþa Gēoles.
