New file uploaded to gothic-l (Christmas and Yule)

[ualarauans]

Given the number of variants and our good Gothic habit of fighting 
around each controvercy who can now say how long it will take until 
we'll come to even a rough basic agreement about month names? It can 
appear that the post bellum treaty will stop on the Latin-derived 
names suggested by Llama, independently on whether Naubaimbair is a 
phantom or not. Whatever it be, we'll seemingly have several 
Germanic variants for each month, and using parallel Latin names 
could be a nice way to avoid misunderstandings, at least in the 
beginning (?). I'm citing them below to better visualize them:

Januareis M.-ja
Faibruareis M.-ja
Martjus M.-u
Apreilis M.-i
Majus M.-u
Junjus M.-u
Juljus M.-u
Awgustus M.-u
Saiptaimbair M.-a
Auktobair M.-a
Naubaimbair M.-a
Daikaimbair M.-a

Example:

Sa spedista dags Austramenoþs (Apreilis) is sa dags faura þizai 
Weihon Wal<þu>baurgsnaht. "The last day of the Eastermonth (April) 
is the day before the sacred Walpurgisnight". (Walpurgis = Go. 
Walbaurgs or Walþubaurgs (OHG Waldburg). And, maybe, -baurga F.-o in 
personal names?).

Questions:

Is Apreilis expected to behave in a way like sutis, i.e. gen. 
Apreilis, dat. Apreilja, acc. Apreil(i)?

Lat. September, gen. Septembris etc. Wouldn't the Gothic form have 
been *Saiptaimbrs M.-a, gen. Saiptaimbris etc? Or still 
Saiptaimbair, gen. Saiptaimbairis (like wair)? The same concerns the 
three consequent months too, of course. The Late Greek form is 
SEPTEMBRIOS. Since when is it attested? If it was early enough (ca. 
2-4 ct. CE), it could yield Go. Saiptaimbreis M.-ja or Saiptaimbrjus 
M.-u.

Awgustus seems to me more preferable than Agustus, for the reasons 
Llama expressed in his article.

Finally, a stupid question: if we dismiss Naubaimbair, how do we 
know that fruma jiuleis is in fact not December?

Ualarauans

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