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): /jeːol/, /joːl/

Noun

ġēol, ġeōl n

Yuletide, Christmas

Declension

Declension of geol (strong a-stem)

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

Synonyms

ġēola

Descendants

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

References

GEÓL in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary

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