Yule

• (surname): Yuill, Yuille

From Middle English yol, youle, from Old English ġeōl (“Christmas, Yule”), either cognate with^[1][2][3] or from^[4][5] Old Norse jól, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą. Cognate with Gothic 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (jiuleis); see also Old English ġēola and Old Norse ýlir.

 

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• IPA^(key): /juːl/
• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /jʉl/
• Homophone: you'll (most accents)
• Rhymes: -uːl

Yule (plural Yules)

 

 Yule (surname) on Wikipedia

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.

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.

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

• Uley

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

Yule

1. Christmas