geola

Old English

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): /ˈjoːla/

Noun

ġēola m

the Yule period of time, covering December and January

Declension

Declension of geola (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	ġēola	ġēolan
accusative	ġēolan	ġēolan
genitive	ġēolan	ġēolena
dative	ġēolan	ġēolum

Synonyms

gēol

Derived terms

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