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Wēodmōnaþ is se eahtoða mōnaþ þæs gēares in þǣre Gregoriscan gerīmbēc, and hæfþ 31 dagas. In nīwum Englisce, brȳcþ man þæt word August, and man nemnode hine tō þances Augustes Cāseres. Se mōnaþ hæfþ 31 dagas for þǣm þe Augustus wolde swā fela daga swā Iulies Cāseres Iulii. Agustus settede þæt nama mōnþes hēr forþȳ Cleopatra cwēn Ǣgyptes aswealt in þissum mōnþe. Ǣror nemnedon þā Rōmaware þone mōnaþ Sextilis in Bōclædene, for þǣm þe hit wæs se sixta mōnaþ in þǣm Romiscum gēare, þe ongann in Hreþmōnþe.
In Īrlande, (in þǣm Īriscan sprǣc) is Wēodmōnaþ cūþ swā Lūnasa, swā menn nū secgaþ þone Īriscan naman Lughnasadh, þe is genemned for þǣm gode Lugh. Se forma dæȝ Wēodmōnþes hātte in þǣm Īriscum gēare (Lā Lūnasa) and in þǣre Īriscan gerīmbēc is hē nū giet geþōht swā se ǣresta dæg hærfestes. Se forma Mōnandæg in Wēodmōnþe is ān þāra Þēodlican Symbeldaga in þǣre Cynewīsan Īrlandes.
- Wēodmōnaþ onginnþ on þǣm selfan dæge þǣre wuce swā Solmōnaþ in bises.
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