On xii kalendas Iulius byð sunstede, þæt ys on Lyden solstitium and on Englisc midsumor
This was written by Byrhtferth, ca.1000 AD, who lived at Ramsey Abbey in Cambridgeshire, not far from here, and was an Anglo-Saxon scientist. It's not too hard to get his gist. There's more fascinating lore about the Old English view of the year and the seasons here.
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On xii kalendas Iulius byð sunstede, þæt ys on Lyden solstitium and on Englisc midsumor
This was written by Byrhtferth, ca.1000 AD, who lived at Ramsey Abbey in Cambridgeshire, not far from here, and was an Anglo-Saxon scientist. It's not too hard to get his gist. There's more fascinating lore about the Old English view of the year and the seasons here.