Mǣdmōnað

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

Les Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry, Mǣdmōnaþ

Forþǣm oncyme his naman, ƿæs þes mōnaþ oþ þǣre 18an ielde gesægd æfter þǣre ilcan ƿīsan sƿā 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 ƿuce sƿā Ēastermōnaþ in ǣlcum gēare, and ēac Se æfterra Gēola in bisexttum.

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

Sēo ēac

• Stǣrlice gemynddagas

Monþas þæs geares