Possible Hobbit culture rather than Dunedain....
Where (in-universe) does the math in Yulemath come from?
The etymology of Yulemath
The etymology of Yulemath
-Jack Horner
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Impression: Cædmon Reedmace | bronze founder living in Archet, Breeland. c. 3017
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Impression: Cædmon Reedmace | bronze founder living in Archet, Breeland. c. 3017
Re: The etymology of Yulemath
ok, I think I answered this for myself....
The professor took it from the Anglo-Saxon: mǽþ which means 'mowing/harvest' and took on the meaning 'time-off holidays'.
SO this would be like saying, "We get time off after we bring the harvest in.", or, "We take of two days of the six days of Yule. We call those days the YuleMath."
http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/022245
http://middleearthrangers.org/forum/vie ... ath#p16118
The professor took it from the Anglo-Saxon: mǽþ which means 'mowing/harvest' and took on the meaning 'time-off holidays'.
SO this would be like saying, "We get time off after we bring the harvest in.", or, "We take of two days of the six days of Yule. We call those days the YuleMath."
http://bosworth.ff.cuni.cz/022245
http://middleearthrangers.org/forum/vie ... ath#p16118
-Jack Horner
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Impression: Cædmon Reedmace | bronze founder living in Archet, Breeland. c. 3017
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Impression: Cædmon Reedmace | bronze founder living in Archet, Breeland. c. 3017
Re: The etymology of Yulemath
Makes sense to me! Good sleuthing!
Maerondir Perianseron, also called “Mickel,” Halfling Friend - Ranger of the Misty Mountains
Re: The etymology of Yulemath
Huh. I'd never come across that word in my previous Old English studies, so that's a good find. After-math makes a bit more sense now.
That's a decent explanation--since 'mǽþ' is already an existing word-- but I'd always assumed that '-math' was simply JRRT's 'wearing down' of the '-monaþ' ('month') found in the name of many months in the Germanic calendar, which Tolkien 'borrowed' for the names of the Mannish/Shire calendars. Solmath (February; 'mud-month'--late winter gets soggy), Wedmath (August; 'plant-month'), Blotmat (November; 'blood-month', owing to sacrifices), and the aforementioned Yulemath of course.
That's a decent explanation--since 'mǽþ' is already an existing word-- but I'd always assumed that '-math' was simply JRRT's 'wearing down' of the '-monaþ' ('month') found in the name of many months in the Germanic calendar, which Tolkien 'borrowed' for the names of the Mannish/Shire calendars. Solmath (February; 'mud-month'--late winter gets soggy), Wedmath (August; 'plant-month'), Blotmat (November; 'blood-month', owing to sacrifices), and the aforementioned Yulemath of course.
Personae: Aistan son of Ansteig, common Beorning of Wilderland; Tungo Brandybuck, Eastfarthing Bounder, 3018 TA; a native Man of the Greyflood, c.850 SA