<P> Historical names for February include the Old English terms Solmonath ( mud month ) and Kale - monath ( named for cabbage ) as well as Charlemagne 's designation Hornung . In Finnish , the month is called helmikuu , meaning `` month of the pearl '' ; when snow melts on tree branches , it forms droplets , and as these freeze again , they are like pearls of ice . In Polish and Ukrainian , respectively , the month is called luty or лютий , meaning the month of ice or hard frost . In Macedonian the month is sechko ( сечко ) , meaning month of cutting ( wood ) . In Czech , it is called únor , meaning month of submerging ( of river ice ) . </P>
<P> Historical names for February include the Old English terms Solmonath ( mud month ) and Kale - monath ( named for cabbage ) as well as Charlemagne 's designation Hornung . In Finnish , the month is called helmikuu , meaning `` month of the pearl '' ; when snow melts on tree branches , it forms droplets , and as these freeze again , they are like pearls of ice . In Polish and Ukrainian , respectively , the month is called luty or лютий , meaning the month of ice or hard frost . In Macedonian the month is sechko ( сечко ) , meaning month of cutting ( wood ) . In Czech , it is called únor , meaning month of submerging ( of river ice ) . </P>
february was called solmonath by the anglo-saxons . what does this mean
february was called solmonath by the anglo-saxons . what does this mean
mud month
mud month