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VIII. A Dissertation on the Gule of August, as mentioned in our Statute Laws. By John Pettingal, D.D.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 July 2012

John Pettingal
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It is an observation of Plato in Cratilo, Ος αν τα ονοματα ειδη, εισεται και τα ῶρατματα, “That the knowledge of the etymology “of words, leads to the knowledge of things.” In this view I propose to enquire into the origin of the expression of the Gule of August, which is to be met with in our statutes and elsewhere.

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Archaeologia , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , 1773 , pp. 60 - 67
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1773

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page 60 note [a] Utas, i. e. huitas, or the eighth day after Michaelmass, from the French huit eight, in the same manner as the Quinzieme of St. John abovementioned stands for the fifteenth day after St. John, from quinze fifteen, both which stand for a week or a fortnight in the common dialect.

page 60 note [b] Vide Glossary in voc.