YULE

Christmas, Christmastide, Christmastime, Yule, Yuletide, Noel

(noun) period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Proper noun

Yule (plural Yules)

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

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.

Noun

yule (uncountable)

Alternative letter-case form of Yule

Source: Wiktionary

Yule, n. Etym: [OE. yol, ýol, AS. geól; akin to geóla December or January, Icel. jol Yule, Ylir the name of a winter month, Sw. jul Christmas, Dan. juul, Goth. jiuleis November or December. Cf. Jolly.]

Definition: 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 Yule. Drayton. Yule block, or Yule log, a large log of wood formerly put on the hearth of Christmas eve, as the foundation of the fire. It was brought in with much ceremony.

– Yule clog, the yule log. Halliwell. W. Irving.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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