Yule — ([=u]l), n. [OE. yol, [yogh]ol, AS. ge[ o]l; akin to ge[ o]la December or January, Icel. j[=o]l Yule, Ylir the name of a winter month, Sw. jul Christmas, Dan. juul, Goth. jiuleis November or December. Cf. {Jolly}.] Christmas or Christmastide; the … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
yule — (n.) O.E. geol, geola Christmas Day, Christmastide, from O.N. jol (pl.), a heathen feast, later taken over by Christianity, of unknown origin. The Old English (Anglian) cognate giuli was the Anglo Saxons name for a two month midwinter season… … Etymology dictionary
Yule — (yo͞ol) n. ▸ Christmas or the Christmas season, especially as traditionally celebrated in Northern Europe and North America with customs stemming in part from pagan celebrations of the winter solstice. ╂ [Middle English yole, from Old English… … Word Histories
Yule — (spr. jūl), Sir Henry, engl. geographischer Schriftsteller, geb. 1. Mai 1820 in Inveresk bei Edinburg, gest. 30. Dez. 1889 in London, kam als Ingenieuroffizier nach Bengalen, begleitete Phaire als Sekretär an den Hof von Ava, kehrte 1862 mit dem… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Yule — [ju:l] n [U and C] old use [: Old English; Origin: geol] Christmas … Dictionary of contemporary English
Yule — [ jul ] noun uncount an old word meaning Christmas … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Yule — (also Yuletide) ► NOUN archaic ▪ Christmas. ORIGIN Old English or Old Norse, originally applied to a pagan festival lasting twelve days; related to JOLLY(Cf. ↑jolly) … English terms dictionary
yule — [yo͞ol] n. [ME < OE geol, iul, orig., name of a pagan festival at the winter solstice; akin to ON jol] [often Y ] Christmas or the Christmas season … English World dictionary
Yule — Infobox Holiday holiday name=Yule caption= Juletræslys , a Danish Yule Tree Candle observedby=Northern Europeans and Various Anglosphereans date=Northern Hemisphere: circa December 21 Southern Hemisphere: circa June 21 celebrations=Festivals,… … Wikipedia
Yule — This word, in various spellings, means a loosely defined midwinter period (not a single day) in the early languages of most Germanic and Scandinavian countries. Bede, writing of pagan England, mentions two months, early Yule and later Yule ,… … A Dictionary of English folklore
