Definition of "Yule"

Yule

/juːl/

proper noun
plural Yules
1. Christmastide, the Christmas season, the Twelve Days of Christmas (between December 25th and January 5th).
2. A pagan wintertime holiday celebrated by Germanic peoples, particularly the Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon peoples, or a modern reconstruction of this holiday celebrated by neo-pagans.
3. A surname.
interjection
1. (obsolete) A proclamation of joy at Christmas.
  Quotations
  In the Countrey churches, at Christmas in the Holy-daies after Prayers, they will dance in the Church, and as they doe dance, they cry (or sing) Yole, Yole, Yole etc.
  1687, John Aubrey, Remaines of Gentilisme and Judaisme, page 5