geol

See also: geol.

Old English

FWOTD – 21 December 2013

Alternative forms

• ġehhol, ġehhel, ġēohol, ġēohel, ġēohhel, iūl, ġiūl, iōl, ġeohhel, ġeochol, ġeohhol, ġeohol

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, *jeulō (“Yule, Yule month”), from Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (“joke, play”). Cognate with Old Norse jól (“a midwinter festival”), Gothic 𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (jiuleis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /je͜oːl/, /joːl/

Noun

ġēol n
ġeōl n

1. Yuletide, Christmas

Declension

Declension of geol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġēol	ġēol
accusative	ġēol	ġēol
genitive	ġēoles	ġēola
dative	ġēole	ġēolum

Declension of geol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġeōl	ġeōl
accusative	ġeōl	ġeōl
genitive	ġeōles	ġeōla
dative	ġeōle	ġeōlum

Synonyms

• ġēola

Descendants

• Middle English: yol, yole, ȝeolue, yiol, ȝol, ȝole, Yoil, yolde, ȝoul, ȝowl, ȝoule, Yhole, youle
  • English: Yule
  • Scots: Yull

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “GEÓL”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.