Yule

(Engels)

Name

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

Intj

A proclamation of joy at Christmas.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/juːl/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: yol

Geërf van Old English: ġeōl

Verwante met Old Norse: jól

Verwante met Goties: 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃

In summary

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.

Sinonieme

Christmas

Noel

Christmastide

Xmas

Yuletide

Christmastime

Twelve Days of Christmas

yuletide

Christmas Day

Christmas time

Christmas season

Vertalings

Joelfeest

Navidad

Noël

Kerstmis

Natal

Boże Narodzenie

Kerstfeest

Julfest

Natale

Nadal

Weihnachten

Χριστούγεννα

Yule

Noel

Christi Natalis