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Webster 1913 Edition
Yule
Yule
(ūl)
, Noun.
[OE.
yol
, ȝol
, AS. geól
; akin to geóla
December or January, Icel. jōl
Yule, Ylir
the name of a winter month, Sw. jul
Christmas, Dan. juul
, Goth. jiuleis
November or December. Cf. Jolly
.] Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.
And at each pause they kiss; was never seen such rule
In any place but here, at bonfire, or at
In any place but here, at bonfire, or at
Yule
. Drayton.
Yule block
, or Yule log
a large log of wood formerly put on the hearth on Christmas eve, as the foundation of the fire. It was brought in with much ceremony.
– Yule clog
, the yule log.
Halliwell. W. Irving.
Webster 1828 Edition
Yule
YULE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
Yule
Yule
English
Proper noun
Yule (plural Yules)
- Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 24th and January 6th).
- 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.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Translations
the Christmas season
See also
- jolly
- blót
- Sabbat
- Christmas
- (Wiccan Sabbats) Samhain, Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Midsummer, Lughnasadh, Mabon (Category: en:Wicca)
References
- ↑ Merriam-Webster: Origin of Yule
- ↑ Oxford Dictionaries: Origin of Yule
- ↑ Reference.com: Origin of Yule
- ↑ According to ODS eng. yule laant fra nordisk, the English Yule was borrowed from Old Norse
- ↑ Etymology of Yule Yule in Online Etymology Dictionary