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語源

From 中期英語 yol, youle, from 古期英語 ġeōl (“Christmas, Yule”), either cognate with or from Old Norse jól, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą. Cognate with Gothic 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (jiuleis); see also 古期英語 ġēola and Old Norse ýlir.

発音

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

固有名詞

Yule (plural Yules)

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

   Alternative forms: Yuill, Yuille

派生語

間投詞

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.

参考

• jolly
• blót
• Sabbat
• Christmas, a Christian festival occurring near Yule
• Paganmas

• (Wiccan Sabbats) Samhain, Yule, Imbolc, Ostara, Beltane, Midsummer, Lughnasadh, Mabon

参照

アナグラム

• Uley