Time keeping in the Dark Ages
Days of the week still remain the same since the Dark Ages and we still retain the Vikings names today.
Little it known of pre-Roman time keeping in northern Europe, but it would appear from contemporary writings the calendar was lunar based and the day's started / ended at sunset, in the same was the days of the Jewish and Muslim Lunar Calendar's do.
It would appear from the English day names , but by the time of Bede (8th Cent.) it would appear the Anglo Saxon Lunar calendar has been partially tied to the Solar Julian Calendar.
| Day of Week |
After Sunrise |
After Sunset |
|
Sunday |
Sunnandæg |
"Sun's day" |
Monanniht |
"Moon's eve" |
|
Munday |
Monandæg |
"Moon's day" |
Tiwesniht |
"Tiw's eve" |
|
Tuesday |
Tiwesdæg |
"Tiw's day" |
Wodnesniht |
"Woden's eve" |
|
Wednesday |
Wodnesdæg |
"Woden's day" |
Ðunresniht |
"Thunor's eve" |
|
Thursday |
Ðunresdæg |
"Thunor's day" |
Frigeniht |
"Frig's eve" |
|
Friday |
Frigedæg |
"Frig's day" |
Sæterniht |
"Saturn's eve" |
|
Satursay |
Sæterdæg |
"Saturn's day" |
Sunnanniht |
"Sun's eve" |
Where Tiw (also known as Tiu, Tyr or Tiwaz) was Woden's son and the god or war, Woden (also known as Wotan, Wodan, Odin or Othinn) was the King of the Northern Gods, Thunor's (also nown as Thor) was the god of Thunder, Frig (also known as Freya or Frija) was the Northern goddess of love and fertility and has been identified as Woden's wife.
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Dark Age History
