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'''Astron''' was the fourth month of the year according to the [[Shire Calendar]], approximately equivalent to modern April.
'''Astron''', was the fourth month of the year according to the [[Shire Calendar]], approximately corresponding to modern [[23 March]] through [[21 April]]. This month was called [[Chithing]] in [[Bree]] and the [[Eastfarthing]].<ref>{{App|Calendars}}</ref>


==Etymology==
The name represents a [[Hobbitish|modernization]] of the [[Old English]] name for the Easter, ''[[wiktionary:eastre|ēastre]]''.<ref>{{webcite|articleurl=http://www.forodrim.org/daeron/md_smn.html|articlename=The Shire month-names|author=[[Arden R. Smith]]|website=[http://www.forodrim.org/daeron Mellonath Daeron - The Language Guild of the Forodrim]}}</ref> The actual name for April was ''[[wiktionary:eastermonaþ|ēastermōnaþ]]''.


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Months in the Shire Calendar
  1. Afteryule (January)
  2. Solmath (February)
  3. Rethe (March)
  4. Astron (April)
  5. Thrimidge (May)
  6. Forelithe (June)
  7. Afterlithe (July)
  8. Wedmath (August)
  9. Halimath (September)
  10. Winterfilth (October)
  11. Blotmath (November)
  12. Foreyule (December)

Astron, was the fourth month of the year according to the Shire Calendar, approximately corresponding to modern 23 March through 21 April. This month was called Chithing in Bree and the Eastfarthing.[1]

Etymology[edit | edit source]

The name represents a modernization of the Old English name for the Easter, ēastre.[2] The actual name for April was ēastermōnaþ.

References