单词 | noel |
释义 | noeln. 1. The feast of Christmas; Christmastide; = Nowell n. 1. rare.Not in standard use in English, though sometimes used in Anglicized greetings based on French models (see quot. 1953) and as an alternative spelling for Nowell (see quot. 2000). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Christmas > [noun] yulea900 yule-daya900 midwinter tideeOE midwinterOE Christmas DayOE ChristmasOE good tideOE midwinter dayOE Christenmasc1330 nativity1389 Nowellc1400 noel1435 pacea1450 Xmas1551 yule-tide1572 Christ-tide1581 Christmastide1590 Christmastime1617 yule time1787 Xmassing1788 festive season1794 Crimbo1928 Chrissie1946 1435 in H. Nicolas Proc. & Ordinances Privy Council (1835) IV. 295 (MED) To be paied by him for þe wages..fro þe feste of Seint Michel last unto Noel þanne next folowyng by a quarter. 1953 K. Tynan Let. 19 Dec. (1994) iii. 199 Thank you again, and a joyous noël. 2000 Christmas TAB: First Noel in alt.guitar.tab (Usenet newsgroup) 12 Dec. The First Noel. Note: In the chorus, finger the A* chords with fingers 2,3 & 4. It'll make those melody notes on the first string so much easier! 2. A Christmas carol. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > type of music > vocal music > religious or devotional > [noun] > religious song > Christmas carol carol1502 Christmas carol1521 yule-songa1661 noel1786 Nowell1833 wait-song1872 1786 T. Busby Compl. Dict. Music Noels, certain canticles, or songs of joy, formerly sung at Christmas in the country churches in France. 1880 G. Grove Dict. Music II. 462 The French Noëls will, of course, bear no comparison with those written in Italy in point of excellence. 1903 Speaker 3 Jan. 324/2 The singing of noels must be heard to be really appreciated. 1946 Trollopian 2 6 He was ahead of his age in liking the genuinely popular in music: such folk songs as Noels, ‘Aileen Aroon’, chanties of sailors and dredgers, songs of harvest home. 1980 Early Music 8 259/1 The Noël, a peculiarly French genre consisting of a series of variations on popular Christmas tunes of the day, was developed in the first half of the 18th century by Daquin and others. 2000 Columbia Encycl. (ed. 6) 8529 Carols of French origin are called noels. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1435 |
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