From: gwiddon8@...
Message: 1079
Date: 2001-04-06
> Oh, Alice, I am sorry. :-) But my English is not so good as I want.-
> But I'll try here to translate some part of my page...
>
> http://norse.narod.ru/articles/calendar.html
>
> Well, I wrote that old scandinavian calendar based on whole weeks,
> but "leap weeks" were inserted in some years.
> Next - that that winter begins in Saturday between 21 and 27 October
> in one sources and in Saturday between 11 and 17 October in the
> another.
> Below - ON names of months (some of them I took from the Snorra
> Edda), their translation to russian and corresponding months in
> Gregorian calendar:
>
> VETR - WINTER
> gormánuðr - month 'gor' - oct-nov
> frermánuðr eða ýlir - frosty month or ??? - nov-dec
> hrútmánuðr eða mörsugr - ram month or ??? - dec-jan
> þorri - thorri - jan-feb
> gói - goi - feb-mar
> einmánuðr - solitary month - mar-apr
> SUMAR - SUMMER
> gaukmánuðr ok sáðtíð eða harpa - cuckoo month and sowing time or ???
> apr-mayaug-
> eggtíð ok stekktíð eða skerpla - egg time and calfs pasture time
> or ??? - may-jun
> sólmánuðr ok selmánuðr - sun month and ??? - jun-jul
> heyannir eða ormamánuðr - haymaking or snakes month - jul-aug
> kornskurðarmánuðr eða tvímánuðr - harvest month or double month -
> sep
> haustmánuðr - autumn month - sep-oct
>
> Below - the names of days of weak, and some names relating to time.
> And at the end - the names of some catolics and folk days...
>
> Excuse me very much if I've translated something wrongly... Just
> correct me :-)))))