Yule
Yule (ūl) , noun
[Old English yol, yol, Anglo-Saxon geól; akin to geóla December or January, Icelandic jōl Yule, Ylir the name of a winter month, Swedish jul Christmas, Danish juul, Gothic jiuleis November or December. Compare Jolly.]
Christmas or Christmastide; the feast of the Nativity of our Savior.
And at each pause they kiss; was never seen such rule
In any place but here, at bonfire, or at Yule.
Collocations (2)
Yule block or Yule log , a large log of wood formerly put on the hearth on Christmas eve, as the foundation of the fire. It was brought in with much ceremony.
Yule clog , the yule log. — Halliwell. W. Irving