blotmonaþ

From Proto-West Germanic *blōtamānōþ. Cognate with Old Saxon blōtmānuđ, Old High German bluoʒmānōd. Equivalent to blōt +‎ mōnaþ, so called because in Anglo-Saxon times sacrifices were made before the winter set in.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbloːtˌmoː.nɑθ/

blōtmōnaþ m

1. November
   • late 9th century, Old English Martyrology

     Sē endlefta mōnaþ on ġēare is nemned on ūre ġeþēode blōtmōnaþ for þon þe ūre ieldran, þā hīe hǣðene wǣron, on þām mōnaþ hīe blēoton ā.

     The eleventh month of the year is called November ["sacrifice month"] in our language because our forefathers, when they were pagan, always sacrificed in this month.