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noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Middle English yol, from Old English geol; akin to Old Norse jol, a pagan midwinter festival Date: before 12th century the feast of the nativity of Jesus Christ ; Christmas ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (in full yule-tide) archaic the Christmas festival. Phrases and idioms yule-log 1 a large log burnt in the hearth on Christmas Eve. 2 a log-shaped chocolate cake eaten at Christmas. Etymology: OE geol(a): cf. ON j{oacute}l ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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- O.E. geol, geola "Christmas Day, Christmastide," from O.N. jol (pl.), a heathen feast, later taken over by Christianity, of unknown origin. The O.E. (Anglian) cognate giuli was the Anglo-Saxons' name for a two-month midwinter season corresponding to Roman December and January, a time of important feasts but not itself a festival. After conversion to Christianity it narrowed to mean "the 12-day feast of the Nativity" (which began Dec. 25), but was replaced by Christmas by 11c., except in the northeast (areas of Danish settlement), where it remained the usual word. Revived 19c. by writers to mean "the Christmas of 'Merrie England.' " First direct reference to the yule log is 17c. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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