Old English/Time

Introduction: Introduction - Grammar - Orthography
Parts of speech: Nouns - Verbs - Pronouns - Adjectives - Adverbs - Participle - Gerund - Conjunctions - Prepositions

Time words

• time - sēo tīd, se tīma
• year - þæt gēar
• season - se tīma
• month - se mōnaþ
• week - sēo wucu
• day - se dæg
• hour - sēo stund, sēo tīd
• space of time, interval - þæt fæc

• clock - þæt dægmǣl

Time Adjectives

• x-years-old - x-wintre (fīfwintre five years old)
• x-days-old - x-nihte (fēowernihte four days old)

Yes, that's five winters, and four nights. I know it sounds funny to us, because you can live 5 years and not see 5 winters. But that's simply how they said it.

Days of the Week

1. Mōnandæg
2. Tīwesdæg
3. Wōdnesdæg
4. Þunresdæg
5. Frīgedæg
6. Sæternesdæg
7. Sunnandæg

Months of the Year

1. January - se Æfterra Gēola, Ianuarius (Latin: se Ianurius)
2. February - se Solmōnaþ Februarius (Latin: se Februarius, þæs ~i)
3. March - se Hrēþmōnaþ, se Hlȳdmōnaþ, se Hlȳda, Martius (Latin: se Martius)
4. April - se Ēastermōnaþ, Aprēlis (Latin: se Aprilis)
5. May - se Þrimilcemōnaþ, se Þrimilce, Maius (Latin: se Maius)
6. June - se Sēremōnaþ, se ǣrra Līða, Iunius (Latin: se Iunius)
7. July - se Mǣdmōnaþ, se æfterra Līða, Iulius (Latin: se Iulius)
8. August - se Wēodmōnaþ, Agustus (Latin: se Agustus)
9. September - se Hāligmōnaþ, se Hærfestmōnaþ, Septembris (Latin: se September)
10. October - se Winterfylleþ, Octobris (Latin: se October)
11. November - se Blōtmōnaþ, November (Latin: se November)
12. December - se Gēolmōnaþ, se ǣrra Gēola, December (Latin: se December)

• June and July together - se Līða
• December and January together - se Gēola

Seasons of the Year

• Spring - se lencten - (from February 7 to May 8)
• Summer - se sumor - (from May 9 to August 6)
• Autumn - se hærfest - (from August 7 to November 6)
• Winter - se winter - (from November 7 to February 6)

Holidays

• All Saint's Day - ealra hālgena dæg
• Lammas Day (August 1) - se Hlǣfmæssedæg, sēo Hlǣfmæsse

How to tell when something occurs

• from...to/until... - fram (acc.) ōþ (acc) - fram ǣrne morgen ōþ ǣfen
• in the morning - on morgen
• in the day - on dæge
• in the dusk - on fōrannihte
• in the evening - on ǣfenne, æt ǣfenne, tō ǣfenne
• early in the morning - ǣr on morgen
• at dawn - on dægrǣd, on ūhtan, tō þǣm dægrǣd
• at noon - on midne dæg, tō middæge
• at dusk - on fōrannihte

With month names

• in March - on Hlȳdan
• in August - on hærfeste