Yule (?), n. [OE. yol, [yogh]ol, AS. geol; akin to geola December or January, Icel. jol Yule, Ylir the name of a winter month, Sw. jul Christmas, Dan. juul, Goth. jiuleis November or December. Cf. 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.
Drayton.
Yule block, ∨ Yule log, a large log of wood formerly put on the hearth of Christmas eve, as the foundation of the fire. It was brought in with much ceremony. -- Yule clog, the yule log.
Halliwell. W. Irving.
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