Category:Yule

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.]

Defn: 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.