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GEÓL

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
GEÓL, giúl, iúl, geóhol, es; n.
Wright's OE grammar
§255;
YULE, Christmas; festum nativitatis Domini
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  • On geól

    at Christmas,

      L. Alf. pol. 5; Th. i. 64, 23, note: Menol. Fox 59, note a.

  • Ðý twelftan dæge ofer geóhol

    Epiphaniæ,

      Bd. 4, 19; S. 588, 8.

  • Feówertig daga ǽr eástran and feówertig daga ǽr Cristes acennisse ðæt is ǽr geólum

    fourty days before Easter and fourty days before Christ's birth, that is, before Christmas,

      Shrn. 82, 11.
Etymology
[ Dan. juul: Swed. jul, m: O. Nrs. jól, n. pl. festum jolense, festum natalitiorum Christi, festum quodvis, convivium.]
Similar entries
For this and the next word v. Grm. Gesch. D. S. c. vi, and Cl. and Vig. Icel. Dict. jól.
Linked entries
v.  Gehhol Geóhol Giúl Iól.
Entry information
Citation

Bosworth, Joseph. “GEÓL.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/15474.

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