yulen.

Brit.

/juːl/, U.S.

/jul/

Forms: Old English geol, geochol, geoh(h)ol, -el, geh(h)ol, gehhel, geola, iula, Middle English iol, Middle English ȝol ( yol), Middle English ȝeol, Middle English, 1600s ȝool, Middle English ȝole, Middle English ȝoil(l, yoyll(e, ȝowle, yowle, youle, yole, yoole, ȝwle, ( yold(e), Middle English–1600s ȝule, 1500s ȝoile, ȝuill, ȝull, ȝowill, -ell, ȝoull, ȝeoll, ( ewle), 1500s–1600s yeul, yewl, yool, yuill, ȝuil, ( ule, 1600s yooll,1800s yuhl), 1500s– yule. Also dialect (in combination) 1600s yew, 1600s–1700s yu, u.

Etymology: The modern form descends from Old English geól, earlier geoh(h)ol, geh(h)ol, also geóla sometimes plural) Christmas day or Christmastide, and in phrase se ǽrra geóla December, se æftera geóla January; corresponding to Old Norse jól plural a heathen feast lasting twelve days, (later) Christmas. An Old Anglian giuli , recorded by Bede (see quot. 726 at sense 1) as the name of December and January, corresponds to Old Norse ýlir month beginning on the second day of the week falling within Nov. 10–17, and Gothic jiuleis in fruma jiuleis November. The ultimate origin of the Germanic types *jeul- (jegul-) and *jeχul- < pre-Germanic *jeq^wl- is obscure.

†1. December or January. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > specific months > [noun] > December > December or January

yule726

726 Bæda De Temp. Rat. xv De Mensibus Anglorum..Primusque eorum mensis, quem Latini Januarium vocant, dicitur Giuli... December Giuli, eodem quo Januarius nomine, vocatur... Menses Giuli a conversione solis in auctum diei, quia unus eorum præcedit, alius subsequitur, nomina accipiunt.

a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 1 Jan. 12 Ianuarius, þæt is on ure geþeode se æftera geola.

a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 10 Dec. 216 Se monað ys nemned on leden Decembris ond on ure geþeode se ærra geola.

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) 1910–15 Crist wass borenn i þiss lif Wiþþ innenn ȝoless moneþþ..þatt wass o þe fifte daȝȝ Att twenntiȝ daȝhess ende. Off ȝol.

2. Christmas and the festivities connected therewith. (Still the name in Scottish and northern dialect; since c1850 also a literary archaism in English).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Christmas

yulea900

wassailing1742

réveillon1766

junkanoo1825

quaaltagh1835

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

a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 6 May 76 Feowertig daga ær Criste acennisse, þæt is ær geolum [v.r. gyhhelum].

c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iv. xix. 318 Þy twelftan dege ofer Geochol [v.rr. geohol, geohhel].

a901 Laws of Ælfred §43 xii dagas on gehhol [v.rr. gehol, gehhel, geol].

?12.. Charter of Eadweard an. 1067 in Kemble Cod. Dipl. IV. 209 Ealle ða gyltes ða belimpeð to mine kinehelme inne Iol and inne Easterne.

1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 49 Þ e kyng one on þe morn went to London, His ȝole forto hold was his encheson.

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 284 I craue..a crystemas gomen, For hit is ȝol & nwe ȝer.

c1425 Engl. Conquest Ireland (1896) 42 Seynt Tomas-ys day, Apostle, ys þe fyft day afor yold.

c1440 Bone Flor. 1897 Of seynt Hyllary the churche ys, The twenty day of yowle y wys.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin vi. 96 The kynge is now deed sithe Martin-masse, and fro hens to yoole is but litill space.

1533 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 149 At the natiuite of our Lord, callit zowill.

c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xiii. xiv. f. 198/1 Quhen he wes sittand with his modir on y^e Epyphany day at his ȝuyll.

a1580 R. Maitland Sat. Age 45 Thai..yat held grit ȝulis.

1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxiiii. 108 At Ewle we wonten gambole, daunce, to carrole, and to sing.

1637 Bk. Common Prayer Church of Scotl. Table Proper Ps. Yule, or Christmas day.

1644 in Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) p. xxix Knowing that the superstitious dayis of Yool was approching.

1753 Trial J. Stewart App. 61 About Yule last.

a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 889 And dawin it is dreary, When birks are bare at Yule.

1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. viii. 219 Ye ken a green Yule makes a fat kirk-yard.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxviii. 46 They bring me sorrow touch'd with joy, The merry merry bells of Yule .

1878 S. Phillips On Seaboard 74 And many a Yule since..You chose a spray all brightly berried over.

†3. Used as an exclamation of joy or revelry at the Christmas festivities. Obsolete.

ΘΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [interjection] > exclamation at Christmas festivities

yule1550

1550 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue (new ed.) i. xi. sig. Bviii It is easy to crye vle at other mens coste.

a1568 in Bannatyne MS (1896) IV. 380 It is eith [pr. dith] to cry yule [Maitl. Fo. MS. hailȝule] On ane vder manis coist.

1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) at Ule In Yorkshire and our other Northern parts, they have an old Custom, after Sermon or Service on Christmas day, the people will, even in the Churches cry Vle, Vle,..and the common people run about the streets singing Ule, Ule, Ule, Three Puddings in a Pule, Crack nuts and cry Ule.

1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. (1750) 58 It is eith crying yool on anither man's stool.

1853 W. Sandys Christmastide 143 In some places it seems to have been the custom to dance in the country churches, after prayers, crying out, ‘Yole, yole, yole!’ &c.

4. Yule of August, Lammas Yule: the festival of Lammas, the first of August. Obsolete.This use has arisen from confusion of this word with gule n.² (Lammas Day).

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Lammas (1 August) > [noun]

Lammasc893

Lammas-dayc1000

Petermasc1275

the Gule of August1543

Yule of August1652

1652 H. Hammond Let. Resol. Six Quæres vi. 465 Gula Augusti, or the Yule of August.

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northumb. 304 It [sc. Yule] is a name general for festivals, as Lammas Yule, &c.

Compounds

C1.

a. General attributive.

yule banquet n.

ΘΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > Christmas feast

Christmas dinner1581

yule banquet1629

yule feasta1661

réveillon1766

1629 Orkney Witch Trial in N.B. Advertiser Oct. (1894) If ever the guidman of the hous sould mak ane other yull bankett.

yule batch n.

1674 J. Ray N. Country Words Yu-batch.

1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms U-back, U-block. See Yu-batch..Yu~bach.

yule common n. [common n.¹ 2a]

a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 274 That Yuill comoun they thought to repey weill now at Pasch.

yule fare n.

1888 J. M. E. Saxby Lads of Lunda 210 Such bounty, in the form of Yule-fare, as the folks are pleased to bestow.

yule feast n.

ΘΠ

the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > Christmas feast

Christmas dinner1581

yule banquet1629

yule feasta1661

réveillon1766

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northumb. 304 A Yule feast may be quat at Pasche. That is Christmas-cheer may be digested, and the party hungry again at Easter.

1773 R. Fergusson Poems 93 For the Yule-feast a sautit mart's prepar'd.

yule hearth n.

1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. iv. vi. 289 We strip not the green leaves for our yule-hearths.

yule night n. [compare Old Norse jólanótt]

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Christmas Eve > [noun]

midwinter nighta1200

yule night1303

midwinter evea1400

Christmas Evenc1400

midwinter evena1450

yule-even1473

Christmas Eve1548

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 4648 Howe God was born yn ȝole nyght.

c1325 Metr. Hom. 101 On feld thar thai woc on yol niht.

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 344 Betuix none of the day and Ȝule nicht.

1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 667 On blythe Yule night when we were fu'.

yule time n.

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

1787 W. Taylor Scots Poems 44 About Yule-time an' Hogmenai.

1864 Prior in Athenæum 2 Jan. 10/2 [Mistletoe] ripened its snow-white fruit just at Yule-time.

b. Locally applied to articles of food made specially for Christmas (see quots.).

yule-bread n.

yule-cake n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > cake for specific occasion > Christmas

Christmas cake1533

yule-cake1820

black cake1916

vinarterta1936

pandoro1950

1820 Sporting Mag. (N.S.) 6 283 Yule Cake, a kind of spiced cake, often supplies the place of gingerbread.

1884 W. Besant Dorothy Forster xiii The tables were covered with Yule-cakes, which are, in the north, shaped like a baby, and Christmas pies in form of a cradle.

yule-dough n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > other pastry articles > [noun]

crisp?c1390

mellinder1604

baby cakea1637

cannelons1733

yule-dough1777

vol-au-vent1828

sausage roll1852

cheese fingers1863

cheese straw1866

horn1908

pig in a blanket1926

brik1938

chin-chin1948

pull-apart1958

fortune cookie1962

feuilleté1970

money bag1993

1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. 163 The Yule-Dough,..a Kind of Baby or little Image of Paste, which our Bakers used formerly to bake at this Season, and present to their Customers.

yule-loaf n.

1729 P. Walkden Diary 24 Dec. (1866) (modernized text) 85 A yule loaf, 3d.

C2.

yule-block n. = yule-log n.

ΘΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > log > burnt at Christmas

yule-stock?a1505

Christmas log1613

yule-blocka1661

yule-clog1725

yule-log1725

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Christmas > yule-log

yule-stock?a1505

yule-blocka1661

yule-clog1725

yule-log1725

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northumb. 304 The Northern parts call Christmas Yule, (hence the Yule-block, Yule-oakes [read cakes], Yule-songs, &c.).

yule-candle n. = Christmas candle n. at Christmas n.¹ and int. Compounds 2.

ΘΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > used at specific times or in certain places > Christmas candle

Christmas candle1614

yule-candle1808

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) The candle, that is lighted on Yule, must be so large as to burn from the time of its being lighted till the day be done... Hence large candles are by the vulgar called Yule-candles.

1820 Sporting Mag. (N.S.) 6 283 The yule candle, a tall mould candle, is lighted and set on the table.

yule-clog n. = yule-log n.

ΘΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > log > burnt at Christmas

yule-stock?a1505

Christmas log1613

yule-blocka1661

yule-clog1725

yule-log1725

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Christmas > yule-log

yule-stock?a1505

yule-blocka1661

yule-clog1725

yule-log1725

1725 H. Bourne Antiquitates Vulgares xiii. 127 Our Fore-Fathers..were wont..to lay a Log of Wood upon the Fire, whlch they termed a Yule-Clog, or Christmas-Block.

1836 R. Furness Astrologer iii, in Wks. (1858) 163 When ample yule-clogs lent their heat and light, And all-spiced possets warm'd the Christmas night.

1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxvi. 106 The yule-clog sparkled keen with frost.

yule-game n. a Christmas game or sport; †a frolic, gambol.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games for specific occasions > [noun]

gambol1580

summer game1600

yule-game1611

wake-game1912

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gambade, a gamboll, yew-game, tumbling tricke.

1615 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 93 The shipps company..plaied Christmas ule games in good sort.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iv. 346 Masks, singing, dancing, vlegames.

1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A yew-game, or yeule-game, gambade.

1674 J. Ray N. Country Words Yu-game.

† yule-girth n. [see grith n. 6; compare Old Norse jólagrið] Obsolete the peace of Christmas.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [noun] > peace of Christmas

yule-girth1569

society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > a or the session of a court > [noun] > day or time when courts closed

ferial day1471

summer vacation1507

yule-girth1569

society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > conformity to principles of social order > orderly condition of state or society > at Christmas

yule-girth1569

1569–70 Rec. Inverness (New Spalding Club) I. 182 For breking of Yule gerthe and trubling of the towne.

?16.. in F. Drake Eboracum (1736) i. vi. 197 The fower serjeants shall go and ride..and so go forth to the fower barrs of the citty and blow the youle-girthe.

?16.. in F. Drake Eboracum (1736) i. vi. 197 To make proclamation at the pillory of the Yoole-girthol.

yule gut n.

1656 J. Mennes & J. Smith Musarum Deliciæ (ed. 2) 23 Thrice had all New-yeares Guests their yewl guts fill'd With embalm'd Veal, buried in Christmas Past.

yule-log n. a large log of wood burnt on the hearth at Christmas.

ΘΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > log > burnt at Christmas

yule-stock?a1505

Christmas log1613

yule-blocka1661

yule-clog1725

yule-log1725

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Christmas > yule-log

yule-stock?a1505

yule-blocka1661

yule-clog1725

yule-log1725

1725 H. Bourne Antiquitates Vulgares xiii. 129 I am apt to believe, the Log has had the Name of the Yule-Log, from its being burnt as an Emblem of the returning Sun.

1848 H. W. Longfellow K. Witlaf's Drinking-horn viii The Yule-log cracked in the chimney.

yule-song n. dialect 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

a1661Yule-songs [see yule-block n.].

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Yule-sangs, s. pl. Christmas carols.

† yule-stock n. Obsolete (a) [? stock n.¹ 20, 47] , ? contribution to Christmas festivities; (b) = yule-log n.

ΘΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > log > burnt at Christmas

yule-stock?a1505

Christmas log1613

yule-blocka1661

yule-clog1725

yule-log1725

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Christmas > yule-log

yule-stock?a1505

yule-blocka1661

yule-clog1725

yule-log1725

1282 Yorksh. Inquis. (Yorks. Rec. Soc. 1892) I. 244 [The same pays 12d. at Christmas, which is called] Yolstoch.

a1505 R. Henryson Sum Pract. Med. 77 in Poems (1981) 182 With thre crawis of the cok, The schadow of ane ȝule stok, Is gud for the host.

yule-tide n. [compare Old Norse jólatíð] the season of Yule, Christmas-tide.

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

1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 4 Quhair Empreouris and Erlis and vther mony ane, Turnit fra Sanct Thomas befoir the ȝule tyde.

1863 H. W. Longfellow Musician's Tale xii. ii, in Tales Wayside Inn 120 Three days his Yule-tide feasts He held.

† yule-waiting n. (yolwayting) [apparently Old Norse veiting , waiting n.²] Obsolete apparently a due paid by bondmen at Christmas.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > payment or service to feudal superior > [noun] > other customary or feudal dues

land-cheapc848

manredlOE

horngeldc1170

tithing penny1192

averpenny1253

wattle-silver1263

faldfee?a1300

filstinga1300

horn-pennyc1320

common finea1325

wrongeld1340

yule-waitingc1380

lark silver1382

carriagec1400

week-silver1430

aida1475

average1489

castle-boon15..

winage1523

casualty?1529

fry money1530

casualityc1568

white hart silver1594

hornage1611

issues of homage1646

lef-silver1660

frith-silver1669

cert-money1670

aver-silver1847

socage1859

c1380 in W. Greenfield Bp. Hatfield's Surv. (1857) 22 Iidem tenentes red. p. a. pro yol~wayting, ad festum Nativitatis Domini, 5s.

c1381 ( in W. Greenwell Boldon Bk. (1852) 20 Dant cum villanis partem suam de scat et de metride et de yolwayting.

† yule-waitstand n. (also yolwaytestand) Obsolete ? the place where the waits (wait n. 8a) stood at Christmas.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > place of performance or practice > [noun] > place for musicians at Christmas

yule-waitstand1413

1413–14 in W. Greenwell Boldon Bk. (1852) Gloss. p. lxxii De quadam placea vocata Yolewaytestand.

† yule-work n. (Sc. ȝeoll vark) Obsolete ? preparations for Christmas festivities.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Christmas preparations > [noun]

yule-work1540

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Christmas > preparations for

yule-work1540

Christmassing1628

1540 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 47 Dauid Hardy..sall pay ane stane wax to the nixt Zeoll vark.

Derivatives

yule v. intransitive. Scottish and northern dialect to keep Christmas.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [verb (intransitive)] > Christmas festivities

yulec1650

Xmas1764

Christmas1801

society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Christmas > observe Christmas [verb (intransitive)]

yulec1650

Christmas1801

c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 66 The lordis refuisit to let the ladie Marques go to the castell with hir husband except scho wold waird also, and with great intreattie had the fauour to zooll with him, bot to stay no longer.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Yuling, Christmas feasting.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	yule
释义	yulen. Brit. /juːl/, U.S. /jul/ Forms: Old English geol, geochol, geoh(h)ol, -el, geh(h)ol, gehhel, geola, iula, Middle English iol, Middle English ȝol ( yol), Middle English ȝeol, Middle English, 1600s ȝool, Middle English ȝole, Middle English ȝoil(l, yoyll(e, ȝowle, yowle, youle, yole, yoole, ȝwle, ( yold(e), Middle English–1600s ȝule, 1500s ȝoile, ȝuill, ȝull, ȝowill, -ell, ȝoull, ȝeoll, ( ewle), 1500s–1600s yeul, yewl, yool, yuill, ȝuil, ( ule, 1600s yooll,1800s yuhl), 1500s– yule. Also dialect (in combination) 1600s yew, 1600s–1700s yu, u. Etymology: The modern form descends from Old English geól, earlier geoh(h)ol, geh(h)ol, also geóla sometimes plural) Christmas day or Christmastide, and in phrase se ǽrra geóla December, se æftera geóla January; corresponding to Old Norse jól plural a heathen feast lasting twelve days, (later) Christmas. An Old Anglian giuli , recorded by Bede (see quot. 726 at sense 1) as the name of December and January, corresponds to Old Norse ýlir month beginning on the second day of the week falling within Nov. 10–17, and Gothic jiuleis in fruma jiuleis November. The ultimate origin of the Germanic types jeul- (jegul-) and jeχul- < pre-Germanic jeq^wl- is obscure. †1. December or January. Obsolete. ΘΠ the world > time > period > a month or calendar month > specific months > [noun] > December > December or January yule726 726 Bæda De Temp. Rat.* xv De Mensibus Anglorum..Primusque eorum mensis, quem Latini Januarium vocant, dicitur Giuli... December Giuli, eodem quo Januarius nomine, vocatur... Menses Giuli a conversione solis in auctum diei, quia unus eorum præcedit, alius subsequitur, nomina accipiunt. a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 1 Jan. 12 Ianuarius, þæt is on ure geþeode se æftera geola. a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 10 Dec. 216 Se monað ys nemned on leden Decembris ond on ure geþeode se ærra geola. c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) 1910–15 Crist wass borenn i þiss lif Wiþþ innenn ȝoless moneþþ..þatt wass o þe fifte daȝȝ Att twenntiȝ daȝhess ende. Off ȝol. 2. Christmas and the festivities connected therewith. (Still the name in Scottish and northern dialect; since c1850 also a literary archaism in English). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Christmas yulea900 wassailing1742 réveillon1766 junkanoo1825 quaaltagh1835 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 a900 Old Eng. Martyrol. 6 May 76 Feowertig daga ær Criste acennisse, þæt is ær geolum [v.r. gyhhelum]. c900 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. (1890) iv. xix. 318 Þy twelftan dege ofer Geochol [v.rr. geohol, geohhel]. a901 Laws of Ælfred §43 xii dagas on gehhol [v.rr. gehol, gehhel, geol]. ?12.. Charter of Eadweard an. 1067 in Kemble Cod. Dipl. IV. 209 Ealle ða gyltes ða belimpeð to mine kinehelme inne Iol and inne Easterne. 1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1725) 49 Þ e kyng one on þe morn went to London, His ȝole forto hold was his encheson. c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 284 I craue..a crystemas gomen, For hit is ȝol & nwe ȝer. c1425 Engl. Conquest Ireland (1896) 42 Seynt Tomas-ys day, Apostle, ys þe fyft day afor yold. c1440 Bone Flor. 1897 Of seynt Hyllary the churche ys, The twenty day of yowle y wys. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin vi. 96 The kynge is now deed sithe Martin-masse, and fro hens to yoole is but litill space. 1533 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 149 At the natiuite of our Lord, callit zowill. c1540 J. Bellenden tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. xiii. xiv. f. 198/1 Quhen he wes sittand with his modir on y^e Epyphany day at his ȝuyll. a1580 R. Maitland Sat. Age 45 Thai..yat held grit ȝulis. 1589 W. Warner Albions Eng. (new ed.) v. xxiiii. 108 At Ewle we wonten gambole, daunce, to carrole, and to sing. 1637 Bk. Common Prayer Church of Scotl. Table Proper Ps. Yule, or Christmas day. 1644 in Row Hist. Kirk (Wodrow Soc.) p. xxix Knowing that the superstitious dayis of Yool was approching. 1753 Trial J. Stewart App. 61 About Yule last. a1796 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 889 And dawin it is dreary, When birks are bare at Yule. 1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. viii. 219 Ye ken a green Yule makes a fat kirk-yard. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam xxviii. 46 They bring me sorrow touch'd with joy, The merry merry bells of Yule . View more context for this quotation 1878 S. Phillips On Seaboard 74 And many a Yule since..You chose a spray all brightly berried over. †3. Used as an exclamation of joy or revelry at the Christmas festivities. Obsolete. ΘΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [interjection] > exclamation at Christmas festivities yule1550 1550 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue (new ed.) i. xi. sig. Bviii It is easy to crye vle at other mens coste. a1568 in Bannatyne MS (1896) IV. 380 It is eith [pr. dith] to cry yule [Maitl. Fo. MS. hailȝule] On ane vder manis coist. 1661 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 2) at Ule In Yorkshire and our other Northern parts, they have an old Custom, after Sermon or Service on Christmas day, the people will, even in the Churches cry Vle, Vle,..and the common people run about the streets singing Ule, Ule, Ule, Three Puddings in a Pule, Crack nuts and cry Ule. 1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. (1750) 58 It is eith crying yool on anither man's stool. 1853 W. Sandys Christmastide 143 In some places it seems to have been the custom to dance in the country churches, after prayers, crying out, ‘Yole, yole, yole!’ &c. 4. Yule of August, Lammas Yule: the festival of Lammas, the first of August. Obsolete.This use has arisen from confusion of this word with gule n.² (Lammas Day). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Lammas (1 August) > [noun] Lammasc893 Lammas-dayc1000 Petermasc1275 the Gule of August1543 Yule of August1652 1652 H. Hammond Let. Resol. Six Quæres vi. 465 Gula Augusti, or the Yule of August. a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northumb. 304 It [sc. Yule] is a name general for festivals, as Lammas Yule, &c. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. yule banquet n. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > Christmas feast Christmas dinner1581 yule banquet1629 yule feasta1661 réveillon1766 1629 Orkney Witch Trial in N.B. Advertiser Oct. (1894) If ever the guidman of the hous sould mak ane other yull bankett. yule batch n. Π 1674 J. Ray N. Country Words Yu-batch. 1896 W. W. Skeat & T. Hallam Pegge's Two Coll. Derbicisms U-back, U-block. See Yu-batch..Yu~bach. yule common n. [common n.¹ 2a] Π a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 274 That Yuill comoun they thought to repey weill now at Pasch. yule fare n. Π 1888 J. M. E. Saxby Lads of Lunda 210 Such bounty, in the form of Yule-fare, as the folks are pleased to bestow. yule feast n. ΘΠ the world > food and drink > food > meal > feast > [noun] > Christmas feast Christmas dinner1581 yule banquet1629 yule feasta1661 réveillon1766 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northumb. 304 A Yule feast may be quat at Pasche. That is Christmas-cheer may be digested, and the party hungry again at Easter. 1773 R. Fergusson Poems 93 For the Yule-feast a sautit mart's prepar'd. yule hearth n. Π 1848 E. Bulwer-Lytton Harold I. iv. vi. 289 We strip not the green leaves for our yule-hearths. yule night n. [compare Old Norse jólanótt] ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Christmas Eve > [noun] midwinter nighta1200 yule night1303 midwinter evea1400 Christmas Evenc1400 midwinter evena1450 yule-even1473 Christmas Eve1548 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 4648 Howe God was born yn ȝole nyght. c1325 Metr. Hom. 101 On feld thar thai woc on yol niht. 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 344 Betuix none of the day and Ȝule nicht. 1792 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 667 On blythe Yule night when we were fu'. yule time n. 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 1787 W. Taylor Scots Poems 44 About Yule-time an' Hogmenai. 1864 Prior in Athenæum 2 Jan. 10/2 [Mistletoe] ripened its snow-white fruit just at Yule-time. b. Locally applied to articles of food made specially for Christmas (see quots.). yule-bread n. yule-cake n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > cake for specific occasion > Christmas Christmas cake1533 yule-cake1820 black cake1916 vinarterta1936 pandoro1950 1820 Sporting Mag. (N.S.) 6 283 Yule Cake, a kind of spiced cake, often supplies the place of gingerbread. 1884 W. Besant Dorothy Forster xiii The tables were covered with Yule-cakes, which are, in the north, shaped like a baby, and Christmas pies in form of a cradle. yule-dough n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > pastry > other pastry articles > [noun] crisp?c1390 mellinder1604 baby cakea1637 cannelons1733 yule-dough1777 vol-au-vent1828 sausage roll1852 cheese fingers1863 cheese straw1866 horn1908 pig in a blanket1926 brik1938 chin-chin1948 pull-apart1958 fortune cookie1962 feuilleté1970 money bag1993 1777 J. Brand Observ. Pop. Antiq. 163 The Yule-Dough,..a Kind of Baby or little Image of Paste, which our Bakers used formerly to bake at this Season, and present to their Customers. yule-loaf n. Π 1729 P. Walkden Diary 24 Dec. (1866) (modernized text) 85 A yule loaf, 3d. C2. yule-block n. = yule-log n. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > log > burnt at Christmas yule-stock?a1505 Christmas log1613 yule-blocka1661 yule-clog1725 yule-log1725 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Christmas > yule-log yule-stock?a1505 yule-blocka1661 yule-clog1725 yule-log1725 a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northumb. 304 The Northern parts call Christmas Yule, (hence the Yule-block, Yule-oakes [read cakes], Yule-songs, &c.). yule-candle n. = Christmas candle n. at Christmas n.¹ and int. Compounds 2. ΘΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > used at specific times or in certain places > Christmas candle Christmas candle1614 yule-candle1808 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) The candle, that is lighted on Yule, must be so large as to burn from the time of its being lighted till the day be done... Hence large candles are by the vulgar called Yule-candles. 1820 Sporting Mag. (N.S.) 6 283 The yule candle, a tall mould candle, is lighted and set on the table. yule-clog n. = yule-log n. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > log > burnt at Christmas yule-stock?a1505 Christmas log1613 yule-blocka1661 yule-clog1725 yule-log1725 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Christmas > yule-log yule-stock?a1505 yule-blocka1661 yule-clog1725 yule-log1725 1725 H. Bourne Antiquitates Vulgares xiii. 127 Our Fore-Fathers..were wont..to lay a Log of Wood upon the Fire, whlch they termed a Yule-Clog, or Christmas-Block. 1836 R. Furness Astrologer iii, in Wks. (1858) 163 When ample yule-clogs lent their heat and light, And all-spiced possets warm'd the Christmas night. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxvi. 106 The yule-clog sparkled keen with frost. View more context for this quotation yule-game n. a Christmas game or sport; †a frolic, gambol. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games for specific occasions > [noun] gambol1580 summer game1600 yule-game1611 wake-game1912 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Gambade, a gamboll, yew-game, tumbling tricke. 1615 R. Cocks Diary (1883) I. 93 The shipps company..plaied Christmas ule games in good sort. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. iv. 346 Masks, singing, dancing, vlegames. 1632 R. Sherwood Dict. in R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues (new ed.) A yew-game, or yeule-game, gambade. 1674 J. Ray N. Country Words Yu-game. † yule-girth n. [see grith n. 6; compare Old Norse jólagrið] Obsolete the peace of Christmas. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > [noun] > peace of Christmas yule-girth1569 society > law > administration of justice > judicial body, assembly, or court > a or the session of a court > [noun] > day or time when courts closed ferial day1471 summer vacation1507 yule-girth1569 society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > conformity to principles of social order > orderly condition of state or society > at Christmas yule-girth1569 1569–70 Rec. Inverness (New Spalding Club) I. 182 For breking of Yule gerthe and trubling of the towne. ?16.. in F. Drake Eboracum (1736) i. vi. 197 The fower serjeants shall go and ride..and so go forth to the fower barrs of the citty and blow the youle-girthe. ?16.. in F. Drake Eboracum (1736) i. vi. 197 To make proclamation at the pillory of the Yoole-girthol. yule gut n. Π 1656 J. Mennes & J. Smith Musarum Deliciæ (ed. 2) 23 Thrice had all New-yeares Guests their yewl guts fill'd With embalm'd Veal, buried in Christmas Past. yule-log n. a large log of wood burnt on the hearth at Christmas. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > log > burnt at Christmas yule-stock?a1505 Christmas log1613 yule-blocka1661 yule-clog1725 yule-log1725 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Christmas > yule-log yule-stock?a1505 yule-blocka1661 yule-clog1725 yule-log1725 1725 H. Bourne Antiquitates Vulgares xiii. 129 I am apt to believe, the Log has had the Name of the Yule-Log, from its being burnt as an Emblem of the returning Sun. 1848 H. W. Longfellow K. Witlaf's Drinking-horn viii The Yule-log cracked in the chimney. yule-song n. dialect 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 a1661Yule-songs [see yule-block n.]. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Yule-sangs, s. pl. Christmas carols. † yule-stock n. Obsolete (a) [? stock n.¹ 20, 47] , ? contribution to Christmas festivities; (b) = yule-log n. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > wood as fuel > [noun] > log > burnt at Christmas yule-stock?a1505 Christmas log1613 yule-blocka1661 yule-clog1725 yule-log1725 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Christmas > yule-log yule-stock?a1505 yule-blocka1661 yule-clog1725 yule-log1725 1282 Yorksh. Inquis. (Yorks. Rec. Soc. 1892) I. 244 [The same pays 12d. at Christmas, which is called] Yolstoch. a1505 R. Henryson Sum Pract. Med. 77 in Poems (1981) 182 With thre crawis of the cok, The schadow of ane ȝule stok, Is gud for the host. yule-tide n. [compare Old Norse jólatíð] the season of Yule, Christmas-tide. 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 1572 (a1500) Taill of Rauf Coilȝear (1882) 4 Quhair Empreouris and Erlis and vther mony ane, Turnit fra Sanct Thomas befoir the ȝule tyde. 1863 H. W. Longfellow Musician's Tale xii. ii, in Tales Wayside Inn 120 Three days his Yule-tide feasts He held. † yule-waiting n. (yolwayting) [apparently Old Norse veiting , waiting n.²] Obsolete apparently a due paid by bondmen at Christmas. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > payment or service to feudal superior > [noun] > other customary or feudal dues land-cheapc848 manredlOE horngeldc1170 tithing penny1192 averpenny1253 wattle-silver1263 faldfee?a1300 filstinga1300 horn-pennyc1320 common finea1325 wrongeld1340 yule-waitingc1380 lark silver1382 carriagec1400 week-silver1430 aida1475 average1489 castle-boon15.. winage1523 casualty?1529 fry money1530 casualityc1568 white hart silver1594 hornage1611 issues of homage1646 lef-silver1660 frith-silver1669 cert-money1670 aver-silver1847 socage1859 c1380 in W. Greenfield Bp. Hatfield's Surv. (1857) 22 Iidem tenentes red. p. a. pro yol~wayting, ad festum Nativitatis Domini, 5s. c1381 ( in W. Greenwell Boldon Bk. (1852) 20 Dant cum villanis partem suam de scat et de metride et de yolwayting. † yule-waitstand n. (also yolwaytestand) Obsolete ? the place where the waits (wait n. 8a) stood at Christmas. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > a performance > place of performance or practice > [noun] > place for musicians at Christmas yule-waitstand1413 1413–14 in W. Greenwell Boldon Bk. (1852) Gloss. p. lxxii De quadam placea vocata Yolewaytestand. † yule-work n. (Sc. ȝeoll vark) Obsolete ? preparations for Christmas festivities. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Christmas preparations > [noun] yule-work1540 society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [noun] > festivities associated with Christmas > preparations for yule-work1540 Christmassing1628 1540 in W. Cramond Rec. Elgin (1903) I. 47 Dauid Hardy..sall pay ane stane wax to the nixt Zeoll vark. Derivatives yule v. intransitive. Scottish and northern dialect to keep Christmas. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > festive occasion > specific festivities > [verb (intransitive)] > Christmas festivities yulec1650 Xmas1764 Christmas1801 society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Christmas > observe Christmas [verb (intransitive)] yulec1650 Christmas1801 c1650 J. Spalding Memorialls Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 66 The lordis refuisit to let the ladie Marques go to the castell with hir husband except scho wold waird also, and with great intreattie had the fauour to zooll with him, bot to stay no longer. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Yuling, Christmas feasting. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.726
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