Yule

English

/juːl/

proper noun
Definitions
  • Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25).
  • 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.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English yol inherited from Old English ġeōl inherited from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą (festivity, yule, celebration, Yule) derived from Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (joke, play).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*yekə-

Gloss

joke, play

Concept
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Person/Thing

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