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Geóla

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
Geóla, Iúla, an; m. [geól Yule]
The YULE or Christmas month, that is, December
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  • Se ǽrra geóla the ere, or former yule, December. Se æftera géóla the after yule, January. Se mónaþ is nemned on Leden Decembris, and on úre geþeóde se ǽrra geóla, forðan ða mónþas twegen syndon nemde ánum naman, óðer se ǽrra geóla [December], óðer se æftera mensis [Januarius] hic vocatur Latine December, nostra vero lingua prior Geola, quoniam duo sunt menses qui uno nomine gaudent, alter Geola prior [December],

    alter posterior

    [January], Hick. Thes. i. 212, 56; Shrn. 153, 23-6.
Etymology
[Goth. jiuleis, m.]
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v.  ǽrra geóla geohhol-mónaþ Iúla.
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  • Geóla, n.