The ancient Goths and Saxons called this festival Yule.
Source: tatoeba (5681796)
Yule
//juːl//
Synonyms for "yule" (10 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Related words (5)
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39 translations across 27 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- Joelfees name (the Christmas season)
Albanian
1 entries- Jule name (the Christmas season)
Bulgarian
1 entries- Коледа name (the Christmas season)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 尤爾 /尤尔 name (a surname)
Danish
4 entries- Juel name (a surname)
- jul name (the Christmas season)
- jul name (a pagan wintertime holiday)
- julefest name (a pagan wintertime holiday)
Dutch
1 entries- Joelfeest name (the Christmas season)
Esperanto
1 entries- Julo name (the Christmas season)
Estonian
1 entries- jõulud name (the Christmas season)
Faroese
1 entries- jól name (the Christmas season)
Finnish
1 entries- joulu name (the Christmas season)
French
1 entries- fêtes name (the Christmas season)
Galician
1 entries- Nadal name (the Christmas season)
Georgian
1 entries- შობის დღეები name (the Christmas season)
German
4 entries- Jul name (the Christmas season)
- Jul name (a pagan wintertime holiday)
- Julfest name (the Christmas season)
- Julfest name (a pagan wintertime holiday)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 name (the Christmas season)
Greek
1 entries- Χριστούγεννα name (the Christmas season)
Icelandic
1 entries- jól name (the Christmas season)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- jul name (the Christmas season)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- jol name (the Christmas season)
- jul name (the Christmas season)
Polish
3 entries- Jul name (the Christmas season)
- Jul name (a pagan wintertime holiday)
- Jul name (a surname)
Romanian
1 entries- Crăciun name (the Christmas season)
Russian
2 entries- Йоль name (the Christmas season)
- Йоль name (a pagan wintertime holiday)
Spanish
1 entries- Navidad name (the Christmas season)
Swedish
1 entries- jul name (the Christmas season)
Turkish
2 entries- bocuk name (the Christmas season)
- yul bayramı name (the Christmas season)
Ukrainian
2 entries- Юль name (the Christmas season)
- Юль name (a pagan wintertime holiday)
Yiddish
1 entries- יולע name (the Christmas season)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
The Yule Log has from time immemorial been haled to the open fire-place on Christmas Eve, and lighted with the embers of its predecessor to sanctify the roof-tree and protect it against those evil spirits over whom the season is in everyway a triumph.
Source: tatoeba (5681824)
Then hang the green coronet of the Christmas-tree with glittering baubles and jewels of flame; heap offerings on its emerald branches; bring the Yule log to the firing; deck the house with holly and mistletoe, "And all the bells on earth shall ring On Christmas day in the morning."
Source: tatoeba (7564572)
The Yule Cat is full.
Source: tatoeba (10579896)
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