geol

See also: geol.

Old English

FWOTD – 21 December 2013

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) in 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰𐌾𐌹𐌿𐌻𐌴𐌹𐍃 (frumajiuleis, “November”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /joːl/

Noun

ġeōl n

Yuletide, Christmas

Declension

Declension of geol (strong a-stem)

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

Synonyms

ġeōla

Descendants

Middle English: yol, yole
- English: Yule
- Scots: Yuil

References

An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, J. Bosworth & T. N. Toller, GEÓL

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