Æfterra Geola: Þæs geares forma monaþ

Se æfterra Gēola oððe Gēola se æfterra is se ǣresta mōnaþ þæs gēares on þǣre Gregoriscan gerīmbēc, and hæfþ 31 daga. His Lǣden nama, Januarius, is genumen of þǣm Rōmāniscan gode Ianus, þǣm Rōmāniscan gode dura and inganga.

Æfterra Gēola and Solmōnaþ ƿǣron þā endemestan tƿēgen mōnþas, þe man īehte intō þǣre gerīmbēc, siþþan þā Rōmƿaran hæfdon fyrst ƿinter for mōnaþlēasum fæce. Þēah þe Hrēþmōnaþ fyrst se forma mōnaþ ƿæs, stang se æfterra Gēola on þone stede for þǣm þe sē ƿæs þæt fæc hƿonne consulas geþeaƿe ƿurdon gecoren.

Se forma dæg þæs mōnþes is gecnāƿen sƿā Forƿeardes Gēares Dæg oþþe ānfealdlīce Gēares Dæg.

Se Ielde Cymes dæg in Iapane is se ōðer Mōnandæg þæs Æfterran Gēolan, for þǣm þe ƿeorðaþ 20-ƿintre in þǣm nīƿum . Hē is þēodlic symbeldæg. Se dæg stendeþ sīþ 1948, ac fēoll on 15an Æfterran Gēolan oþ 1999, hone man hine cierrde of þǣm Iapaniscum lēodƿearde in onginne tō hebbenne ūp þone earfoþdōm mid þȳ þe hī maciaþ mā symbeldaga folgendra.

• Þā tācnu þæs zodiaces ƿiþinnan þǣm mōnþe Æfterran Gēolan sind Buccan horn (22 Gēolmōnaþ-Æfterra Gēola 19) and Ƿætergīete (20 Æfterra Gēola-18 Solmōnaþ).
• In þǣm rodore, hūru, þurhfærþ sēo Sunne in Æfterran Gēolan þurh þā steorrancircules tunglu Scytta and Buccan horn.
• In regollicum gēarum onginþ Æfterra Gēola on þǣm ilcan dæge þǣre ƿuce sƿā Ƿinterfylleþ.
• In bissextum onginnþ Æfterra Gēola on þǣm selfan dæge þǣre ƿuce sƿā Ēastermōnaþ and Mǣdmōnaþ.
• In þǣre Īriscan gerīmbēc hātte se mōnaþ Eanāir and is se þridda and endemesta mōnaþ Ƿintra.

• Þæs Æfterran Gēolan blōstm is the snowdrop.
• Þæs Æfterran Gēolan byrdstān is the garnet.

• Stǣrlice gemynddagas