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harvest month The month during which the harvest is gathered in; originally (like Ger. herbstmonat, Icel. haustmánuðr) a name of September; but in Robert of Gloucester of August.
c1000ælfric Gram. ix. (Z.) 43 September, hærfestmonoð. 1297R. Glouc. (1724) 61 Þe nexte moneþ afturward, þat heruest moneþ ys, He let clepe aftur hym August y wys. 1826in Hone's Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 1155 Had my journey taken place during the present harvest month. |