{"id":1652,"date":"2021-12-21T17:13:32","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T17:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2021-12-21T17:13:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T17:13:33","slug":"episode-50-solstice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?p=1652","title":{"rendered":"Episode 50 &#8211; Solstice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AudioObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Episode 50 &amp;#8211; Solstice\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-12-21T17:13:32+00:00\" \/><meta itemprop=\"encodingFormat\" content=\"audio\/mpeg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"As I recorded this episode 21st December, I decided to look at the meanings and origins of some seasonal words.\n\nSolstice [\u02c8s\u0252l.st\u026as\/\u02c8s\u0251l.st\u026as] - from Old French solstice (solstice), from the Latin s\u014dlstitium ((summer) solstice), from s\u014dl (sun) and s...\" \/><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode50.mp3\" \/><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6117\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1652-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode50.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode50.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode50.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode50.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/?powerpress_pinw=1652-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/radio_omniglot\/www.omniglot.com\/soundfiles\/radio\/episode50.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"episode50.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p>As I recorded this episode 21st December, I decided to look at the meanings and origins of some seasonal words.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Solstice<\/strong> [\u02c8s\u0252l.st\u026as\/\u02c8s\u0251l.st\u026as] &#8211; from Old French <em>solstice<\/em> (solstice), from the Latin <em>s\u014dlstitium<\/em> ((summer) solstice), from <em>s\u014dl<\/em> (sun) and <em>sist\u014d<\/em> (to stand still) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/solstice#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/transitionheathrow\/20765598238\/in\/photolist-xCZ7TQ-xCYzKE-xVApXv-xCYyvq-xWfwMx-wYzucy-xD6bXR-xCYzuj-xVAsfM-xVAr1H-xWfuL8-xD6em8-xWfwzP-xUJhTs-xTgWCQ-xCYB1W-PXUBm6-xWfvWz-xWfwWF-xCYCe7-2kkWmyq-BrNM3h-PPY7sE-5L6edF-92XWoV-5KNWB1-2kjgaxK-2i3zrU5-2kjgaGn-2i3thEE-MW6mHE-Qna6cv-qcPQYP-2kjfnTE-5LnPkw-QoSSer-NmywN6-iv2sHo-5Lizr6-2i3k9si-NhvZgc-PRweG9-2i3Cyj2-95dL5Z-5LnTMW-iuxvX5-2i3z6Uv-2mdMfuJ-qwX4gj-uTTp3c\" title=\"Winter solstice\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/696\/20765598238_1eaa0b72c0_z.jpg\" alt=\"Winter solstice\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\"><\/a><script async=\"\" src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>S\u0101turn\u0101lia<\/strong> [\u02c8s\u0252l.st\u026as\/\u02c8s\u0251l.st\u026as] &#8211; an ancient Roman holiday honouring Saturn, the Roman of fertility and agriculture. It began on 17th December and was originally a one-day celebration. That was extended to three days during the 2nd century BC, and later extended to seven days [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Saturnalia#English\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>During this time work stopped, and businesses, schools and courts were closed. Slaves were given time off and were served by their masters. People wore colourful clothes, decorated their houses with green branches and other things, gave each other gifts, and spent time with their families and friends eating, drinking, singing, making music, gambling and generally having a good time [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.history.com\/topics\/ancient-rome\/saturnalia\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>In Germanic-speaking cultures <strong>Yule<\/strong> originally lasted for whole of December and January. After the arrival of Christianity, the 12 days of Christmas became the main focus of the celebrations. The word <strong>yule<\/strong> comes from the Middle English <em>yol<\/em> (Yuletide, Christmas), from the Old English <em>\u0121\u0113ol\/\u0121e\u014dl <\/em> (Yuletide, Christmas midwinter) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Yule\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p><strong>December<\/strong> is the 12th month of the year, but in the Roman calendar it was the tenth month, and the word <strong>December<\/strong> comes from the Latin <em>decem<\/em> (10) [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/December\">source<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>In Irish <strong>December<\/strong> is <strong>M\u00ed na Nollag<\/strong>, or literally \u201cthe month of Christmas\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Nollaig#Irish\">source<\/a>]. In Scottish Gaelic it is <strong>an D\u00f9bhlachd<\/strong>, which means \u201cthe darkening\u201d [<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wiktionary.org\/wiki\/Nollaig#Irish\">source<\/a>]. 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Solstice [\u02c8s\u0252l.st\u026as\/\u02c8s\u0251l.st\u026as] &#8211; from Old French solstice (solstice), from the Latin s\u014dlstitium ((summer) solstice), from s\u014dl (sun) and sist\u014d (to stand still) [source]. S\u0101turn\u0101lia [\u02c8s\u0252l.st\u026as\/\u02c8s\u0251l.st\u026as] &#8211; an ancient Roman holiday honouring Saturn, the Roman of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,56,6,4,58,11,55,1,5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-etymology","category-irish","category-language","category-middle-english","category-music","category-old-english-aenglisc","category-podcast","category-scottish-gaelic","category-welsh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1652"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1654,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions\/1654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.omniglot.com\/radio\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}