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Gēolmōnaþ, ēac Midƿintermōnaþ gehāten, is se tƿelfta and endemesta mōnaþ þæs gēares in þǣre Gregoriscan gerīmbēc, and hæfþ 31 dagas. In nīƿum Englisce, brȳcþ man þæt ƿord December, and hit is genumen of Lǣdenum ƿorde decem for "tīene" (fyrst ƿæs hē se tēoða mōnaþ þæs gēares, ǣr þǣm þe Se æfterra Gēola and Solmōnaþ ƿurdon ætīehte). Se ƿintersunstede fielþ in Gēolmōnþe.

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

 In Þēodiscum Hǣðenscipe, þe is þæt ƿǣre onginn hƿanon cymþ se ƿintertīma hāligdæg, is Gēol.
 In þǣre Cirice gerīmbēc, 26 Gēolmōnaþ is gehāten Sanctes Stephenes Dæg and in Īrlande is folclic symbeldæg. In þǣre Īriscan gerīmbēc is se mōnaþ Mī na Nollaig gehāten, (rihte "Se Mōnaþ Crīstesmæssan") and is se midda mōnaþ þǣre Ƿintertīde.
 Crīstesmæsse is gemǣred sƿā þēodlic symbeldæg in þǣm Geānlǣhtan Rīcum.

Trivia
 Gēolmōnaþ onginnþ on þǣm selfum dæg þǣre ƿuce sƿā Hāligmōnaþ ǣlcum gēare.
 Gēolmōnþes blōstm is se holen.
 Gēolmōnþes byrdstān is se turquoise.

Sēo ēac
 Stǣrlice gemynddagas

 
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