English Explanatory Dictionary

Yulemonth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The typical month of the Yuletide; the month in which Yule typically occurs; Christmas month; December.

Word forms

Yulemonth Yule-month

Etymology

From Middle English *Yol-month (found only as Ȝoless moneþþ (literally “Yule's month”)), from Old English ġeohholmōnaþ, Iūlmōnaþ (“December”, literally “Yule-month”), equivalent to Yule + month. Compare West Frisian joelmoanne (“December”), German Julmond (“Yulemonth”).

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