Yule

See also: yule and yúlè

English

Alternative forms

• (surname): Yuill, Yuille

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juːl/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /jʉl/

• Audio (US):

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• Homophone: you'll (most accents)
• Rhymes: -uːl

Proper noun

Yule (plural Yules)

1. Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25^th and January 5^th).
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

Derived terms

• Yulefest
• Yule lad
• Yule log
• Yuletide
• Yule tree
• Yule wreath

Translations

the Christmas season

• Afrikaans: Joelfees
• Albanian: Jule
• Bulgarian: Коледа (bg) f (Koleda)
• Danish: jul (da) c
• Dutch: Joelfeest
• Esperanto: Julo
• Estonian: jõulud (et) pl
• Faroese: jól (fo) n pl
• Finnish: joulu (fi)
• French: fêtes (fr) pl
• Galician: Nadal (gl) m
• Georgian: შობის დღეები (šobis dɣeebi)
• German: Julfest (de) n, Jul (de)
• Gothic: 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 m (jiuleis)
• Greek: Χριστούγεννα (el) (Christoúgenna)
• Icelandic: jól (is) n pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: jul (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: jul f, jol f

• Polish: Jul (pl) m
• Romanian: Crăciun (ro) n
• Russian: Йоль m (Jolʹ)
• Spanish: Navidad (es) f
• Swedish: jul (sv) c
• Turkish: yul bayramı, bocuk (tr)
• Ukrainian: Юль (Julʹ)
• Yiddish: יולע (yule)

a pagan wintertime holiday

• Danish: jul (da) c, julefest c
• German: Julfest (de) n, Jul (de)
• Russian: Йоль (Jolʹ)
• Ukrainian: Юль (Julʹ)

a surname

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尤爾 / 尤尔 (Yóu'ěr)

• Danish: Juel

Interjection

Yule

1. (obsolete) A proclamation of joy at Christmas.
   • 1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 5:

     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.

See also

• jolly
• blót
• Sabbat
• Christmas
• (Wiccan Sabbats) Samhain, Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Midsummer, Lughnasadh, Mabon ^{(Category: en:Wicca)}

Anagrams

• Uley

Scots

Etymology

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

Noun

Yule

1. Christmas