Yule

//juːl// intj, name, noun

intj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative letter-case form of Yule. alt-of, uncountable
  2. 2
    period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6 wordnet
Intj
  1. 1
    A proclamation of joy at Christmas. obsolete

    "In the Countrey churches, at Christmas in the Holy-daies after Prayers, they will dance in the Church, and as they doe dance, they cry (or sing) Yole, Yole, Yole etc."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25ᵗʰ and January 5ᵗʰ).
  2. 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. 3
    A surname.

Synonyms

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christmaschristmaschristmastidechristmastidechristmastimefestivus

Example

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"The ancient Goths and Saxons called this festival Yule."

Etymology

From Middle English yol, youle, from Old English ġeōl (“Christmas, Yule”), either cognate with or from Old Norse jól, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą. Cognate with Gothic 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (jiuleis); see also Old English ġēola and Old Norse ýlir.

Related phrases

Yule catYule ladYule logYule treeYule wreathanglo saxontwelve days of christmas

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