Nowel

See also: nowel

Middle English

Alternative forms

• nowel, Noel, Nowell, Newell

Etymology

From Middle French noel or Anglo-Norman noel, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔu̯ˈɛl/

Proper noun

Nowel

1. (rare) Christmas, Noel
2. (rare) a surname

Descendants

• English: Noel, noel

References

• “nouel (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

Interjection

Nowel

1. An gleeful exclamation upon hearing Jesus being born in representations of the event.
2. An general-purpose gleeful exclamation.

References

• “nouel (n.(1))”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.