giululing

Old English

Etymology

Possibly from Giuli (not related to iūlius (“July”)), alternative form of geola ("December/January") + -ling (diminutive suffix), the connection being that December is the month of of the winter solstice, July of the summer (i.e. little) solstice. Geola may also be etymologically connected with the solstice—see further there.[1]

Noun

gīululing m

  1. (hapax) July.
    • 8th c., J. H. Hessels, editor, An Eighth-Century Latin–Anglo-Saxon Glossary […] , Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, published 1890, page 100:
      Quintus . giululing
      Fifth [month, i.e. July] . giululing

References
  1. Eduard Eckhardt (1903), “Die angelsächsischen deminutivbildungen”, in Johannes Hoops, editor, Englische Studien, volume 32, page 333–334
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