Mǣdmōnað

Mǣdmōnaþ is se seofoða mōnaþ þæs gēares in þǣre Gregoriscan gerīmbēc, and hæfþ 31 daga. On nīwum Englisce wæs Mǣdmōnaþ (gehāten July) ednemnod for Iulius Cāsere; ǣr, hē wæs on Lǣden Quintilis genemned, for þǣm ðe hē wæs ðone fīfta monað on sē Rōmāniscan gerīmbēc, for þǣm þe hē on Hrēþmōnaþ ongunnon. On Englisce is þes mōnaþ genemned æfter mǣdwum.

Forþǣm oncyme his naman, wæs þes mōnaþ oþ þǣre 18an ielde gesægd æfter þǣre ilcan wīsan swā þone mægdnes naman Julie.

• In þǣre Īriscan gerīmbēc is se mōnaþ Iūil gehāten, and is se þridda and endemesta mōnaþ þǣre Sumortīde.

Trivia

• Mǣdmōnaþ onginnþ on þǣm selfan dæge þǣre wuce swā Ēastermōnaþ in ǣlcum gēare, and ēac Se æfterra Gēola in bisexttum.

• Mǣdmōnþes blōstm is sēo wæterlilie.
• Mǣdmōnþes gebyrdstān is the ruby.

Sēo ēac

• Stǣrlice gemynddagas

Monþas þæs geares