RENEWED (As of April 2026)
By the Sun, the Stars and the Moon: A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Time Keeping by Þórbeorht Hláford. 120 pages. $15. Originally a 70 page work released June 2019. Revised Getælcircul & Expanded Middangeard Edition released April 2026.
By the Sun, the Stars and the Moon: A Handbook of Anglo-Saxon Time Keeping offers the reader an overview of how our Anglo-Saxon Heathen forebears kept time before Christianity introduced the Roman Julian and Gregorian calendars. Found within its pages are reference charts for the times of the day, the phases of the moon, and the months and seasons of the year. Included as well is a 19-year (Metonic cycle) almanac for the Anglo-Saxon Heathen lunisolar year which Théodsmen have carefully reconstructed from Bede’s “De mensibus Anglorum” Moreover, this “Revised Getælcircul & Expanded Middangeard Edition” contains charts and material for both the northern and southern hemispheres.
To Hold the Holytides: A Collection of Articles on the Anglo-Saxon Heathen Ritual Year, Its Keeping and Its Customs by Þórbeorht Ealdorblótere. 158 pages. $18. Released November 2020.
To Hold the Holytides is a collection of Théodish writings on the Anglo-Saxon heathen ritual year that explores how many pre-Christian customs were kept alive in both the seasonal celebrations of the Anglican church and in the folk traditions of the English countryside. Moreover, this work affords the contemporary reader a rare glimpse into how such ancient thews have been rekindled and put into practice by Anglo-Saxon Théodsmen today. As a companion to By the Sun, the Stars, and the Moon: Anglo-Saxon Heathen Time-keeping, this book also includes articles on how the dates for such heathen holytides as Módraniht, Éastre, Midsumor, and Winterfylleþ are determined and as well as observations on the span of Yuletide as it was held in Anglo-Saxon England.
NEW (April 2026)
Year-Reckoning: The 2026-2027 Anglo-Saxon Heathen Calendar for Súþerne Middangeard (Southern Hemisphere Edition) by Eþelwynn Hlæfdiȝe. 34 pages. Wall Calendar
The 2026/2027 Anglo-Saxon Heathen wall calendar for the Southern Hemisphere (Australia, New Zealand, South Africa) reckons the Anglo-Saxon lunisolar year and months according to how they fall in that part of the earth, where Módraniht, the eve of the Winter Solstice and beginning of the Anglo-Saxon Heathen year, is held in June rather than December. Take note: This calendar begins in June of 2026 and ends in June of 2027.
NEW (As of October 2025)
Year-Reckoning: The 2026 Anglo-Saxon Heathen Calendar for Norþerne Middangeard (Northern Hemisphere Edition) by Eþelwynn Hlæfdiȝe. 38 pages. Wall calendar. $17. Released October 2024 and revised February 2025.
This 2026 Anglo-Saxon Heathen wall calendar for the Northern Hemisphere is based upon the Théodish Ríce’s careful reconstruction of the Anglo-Saxon Heathen lunisolar calendar that was described by the Northumbrian monk, Bede, in De Mensibus Anglorum, “The Months of the English.” Worked out for a full nineteen-year Metonic cycle, this reconstructed year-reckoning was first published on the Ealdríce’s Théod’s website sometime shortly after 2010 and later republished in 2019 by Háliggyld Books as part of Þórbeorht Hláford’s By the Sun, the Stars, and the Moon: Anglo-Saxon Heathen Time-keeping.
Eþelwynn Hlæfdige has created a convenient wall calendar for the coming year (2026 CE, the seventeenth year of the Metonic cycle) that cross-references the Anglo-Saxon calendar with the Gregorian calendar. Year-Reckoning: The 2026 Anglo-Saxon Heathen Calendar is beautifully illustrated with full color pictures of contemporary Anglo-Saxon Heathen worship and includes several pages of information on Anglo-Saxon timekeeping drawn from By the Sun, the Stars, and the Moon.
For wall calendars from previous years, visit our Older-Year Reckonings page.
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