Yule

See also: yule and yúlè

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English yol, from Old English ġeōl (“Christmas”), either cognate with[1][2][3] or from[4][5] Old Norse jól, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą. Cognate with Gothic 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (jiuleis); see also Old English ġēola and Old Norse ýlir.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /juːl/
  • Homophone: you'll
  • Rhymes: -uːl

Proper noun

Yule (plural Yules)

  1. Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25th and January 5th).
  2. A pagan wintertime holiday celebrated by Germanic peoples, particularly the Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon peoples, or a modern reconstruction of this holiday celebrated by neo-pagans.
  3. A surname.

Derived terms
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Translations

See also

References
  1. Origin of Yule, Merriam-Webster
  2. Origin of Yule, Oxford Dictionaries
  3. Origin of Yule, Reference.com
  4. According to ODS eng. yule laant fra nordisk: the English Yule was borrowed from Old Norse
  5. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “Yule”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English yol, from Old English ġeōl. See English Yule.

Noun

Yule

  1. Christmas

References
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