torsmånad
Swedish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Swedish thorsmanadher (“January”). Compound of Tor (“Thor”) + -s (“-'s”) + månad (“month”). First attested in the early half of the 14th century.[1]
Noun
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- (obsolete) January
- Synonym: januari
- 1872 March 7, “Märkwärdiga wäderlek! [Remarkable weather!]”, in Norrbottenskuriren, page 3:
- Efter en alltigenom blid Torsmånad och en föga ſträtware Göjemånad inträder en Mars, ſom tyckes wilja blifwa en werklig Wårmånad eller åtminstone ej "med raggit ſkägg ſkrämma barnen inom wägg."
- After a thoroughly mild January and a rather mild February, there comes a March that seems to want to become a real spring month or at least not "scare the children within walls with a ragged beard."
Coordinate terms
- torsmånad (“January”)
- göjemånad (“February”)
- vårmånad (“March”)
- gräsmånad (“April”)
- blomstermånad (“May”)
- sommarmånad (“June”)
- hömånad (“July”)
- skördemånad (“August”)
- höstmånad (“September”)
- slaktmånad (“October”)
- vintermånad (“November”)
- julmånad (“December”)
References
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