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'''Halimath''' or '''[[Harvestmath]]''' in [[Bree]], was the ninth month of the [[Shire Calendar]], following [[Wedmath]] and approximately equivalent to modern September. In fact, it ran from modern 23 August to 21 September in a normal year.<ref>{{App|Calendars}}</ref>
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'''Halimath''' or '''[[Harvestmath]]''' in [[Bree]], was the ninth month of the [[Shire Calendar]], following [[Wedmath]] and approximately corresponding to modern [[23 August]] through [[21 September]].<ref>{{App|Calendars}}</ref>
  
 
==Etymology==
 
==Etymology==

Latest revision as of 15:08, 24 May 2018

Months in the Shire Calendar
  1. Afteryule (January)
  2. Solmath (February)
  3. Rethe (March)
  4. Astron (April)
  5. Thrimidge (May)
  6. Forelithe (June)
  7. Afterlithe (July)
  8. Wedmath (August)
  9. Halimath (September)
  10. Winterfilth (October)
  11. Blotmath (November)
  12. Foreyule (December)

Halimath or Harvestmath in Bree, was the ninth month of the Shire Calendar, following Wedmath and approximately corresponding to modern 23 August through 21 September.[1]

[edit] Etymology

The name represents a modernization of the Old English name for September, hāliġmōnaþ meaning "holy month" (referring to pagan sacrifices).[2][3]

References

  1. J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D, "The Calendars"
  2. Arden R. Smith, "The Shire month-names", Mellonath Daeron - The Language Guild of the Forodrim (accessed 14 December 2018)
  3. Jim Allan (ed.) An Introduction to Elvish, Giving of Names, p. 227
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