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Dates
Thirty days between Wedmath and Winterfilth (23 August to 21 September on a modern calendar)
Race
Hobbits
Culture
Shire-hobbits
Pronunciation
ha'limath
Meaning
From Old English Hāligmōnað, 'holy month'1
Other names
Called Halimath in Bree-land, and comparable to Yavannië and Ivanneth in the calendars of Men

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Halimath

The ninth month of the Shire Calendar

Months of the year

The ninth month of the Shire Calendar, following Wedmath and approximately equivalent to modern September. In fact, it ran from modern 23 August to 21 September in a normal year.


Notes

1

Old English Hāligmōnað represents a 'holy month', a time when offerings would be made from the harvest. The connection with harvest-time is even more explicit in the name for this month among the Bree-landers, who knew this month as Harvestmath. The same Old English element hali-, 'holy', appears in the name of the Halifirien, the 'holy mountain' in Rohan, far away to the south of the Shire.

See also...

Harvestmath, Shire Calendar, Yavannië

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Halimath

The ninth month of the Shire Calendar

Dates
Thirty days between Wedmath and Winterfilth (23 August to 21 September on a modern calendar)
Race
Hobbits
Culture
Shire-hobbits
Pronunciation
ha'limath
Meaning
From Old English Hāligmōnað, 'holy month'1
Other names
Called Halimath in Bree-land, and comparable to Yavannië and Ivanneth in the calendars of Men

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 8 May 2020
  • Updates planned: 1

Halimath

The ninth month of the Shire Calendar

Months of the year

The ninth month of the Shire Calendar, following Wedmath and approximately equivalent to modern September. In fact, it ran from modern 23 August to 21 September in a normal year.


Notes

1

Old English Hāligmōnað represents a 'holy month', a time when offerings would be made from the harvest. The connection with harvest-time is even more explicit in the name for this month among the Bree-landers, who knew this month as Harvestmath. The same Old English element hali-, 'holy', appears in the name of the Halifirien, the 'holy mountain' in Rohan, far away to the south of the Shire.

See also...

Harvestmath, Shire Calendar, Yavannië

Indexes:

About this entry:

  • Updated 8 May 2020
  • Updates planned: 1

For acknowledgements and references, see the Disclaimer & Bibliography page.

Original content © copyright Mark Fisher 1999, 2001, 2020. All rights reserved. For conditions of reuse, see the Site FAQ.

Website services kindly sponsored by Axiom Discovery aptitude and skill testing.
Axiom Discovery gives you comprehensive online aptitude testing covering core skills across a wide range of disciplines.