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Hrēðmōnaþ (modern English: ''Rheda’s month'') was the Anglo-Saxon name for the month of March.〔Cockayne, Thomas. "The shrine: a collection of occasional papers on dry subjects" p.59〕 The first definition of the name explains that:
The Anglo-Saxon scholar Bede explains the name in his treatise ''De temporum ratione'' (The Reckoning of Time), saying "Rhed-monath is named for the goddess, to whom they sacrificed in this month.”〔(Chapter XV, De mensibus Anglorum. ) ''"Rhed-monath a deo illorum Rheda, cui in illo sacrificabant, nominatur.”''〕 ==See also== *Germanic calendar *Anglo-Saxon *Old English 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hreðmōnaþ」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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