Afterlithe
/ˈɑːftəlʌɪð/ /ˈaftəlʌɪð/Now rare
noun
In Old English and early Middle English: = July.
- Revived by J. R. R. Tolkien in the mid 20th cent. as the name of the seventh month of the year in the hobbit calendar..
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in Old English Martyrology. From after + Old English Līða name of the months June and July, literally ‘the second (of the two months called) Līða’.