Toscead betweox fadungum "Gēolmōnað"

'''Gēolmōnaþ''', ēac '''MidwintermōnaþMidƿintermōnaþ''' gehāten, is se twelftatƿelfta and endemesta [[mōnaþ]] þæs [[gēar]]es in þǣre [[Gregorisce gerīmbōc|Gregoriscan gerīmbēc]], and hæfþ 31 [[dæg|dagas]]. In [[Nīwu Englisc sprǣc|nīwumnīƿum Englisce]], brȳcþ man þæt wordƿord ''December'', and hit is genumen of Lǣdenum wordeƿorde ''decem'' for "tīene" (fyrst wæsƿæs hē se tēoða mōnaþ þæs gēares, ǣr þǣm þe [[Se æfterra Gēola]] and [[Solmōnaþ]] wurdonƿurdon ætīehte). Se [[wintersunstede|ƿintersunstede]] fielþ in Gēolmōnþe.

On Englisce is þes mōnaþ ēac ''Ǣrra Gēola'' gehāten, for þǣm þe þā Engle þōhton, þæt hē wæsƿæs ān twǣgratƿǣgra mōnþa Gēoles.

* In [[Þēodisc Hǣðenscipe|Þēodiscum Hǣðenscipe]], þe is þæt wǣreƿǣre onginn hwanonhƿanon cymþ se wintertīmaƿintertīma hāligdæg, is [[Gēol]].

* In þǣre [[Cirice gerīmbōc|Cirice gerīmbēc]], [[26 Gēolmōnaþ]] is gehāten [[Sanctes Stephenes Dæg]] and in [[Īrland]]e is folclic symbeldæg. In þǣre [[Īrisc gerīmbōc|Īriscan gerīmbēc]] is se mōnaþ '''Mī na Nollaig''' gehāten, (rihte "Se Mōnaþ Crīstesmæssan") and is se midda mōnaþ þǣre WintertīdeǷintertīde.

* [[Crīstesmæsse]] is gemǣred swāsƿā þēodlic [[symbeldæg]] in þǣm [[Geānedu Rīcu American|Geānlǣhtan Rīcum]].

* ''Gēolmōnaþ'' onginnþ on þǣm selfum dæg þǣre wuceƿuce swāsƿā ''Hāligmōnaþ'' ǣlcum gēare.