geoltid

All forms (4)

• ġēoltīd
• ġēoltīde
• ġēoltīda
• ġēoltīdum

Etymology

Though modern Yuletide is only first attested at the boundary between Middle and Modern English (c. 1475), this word is also supported by the Old Norse cognate jólatíð and analogous terms such as Eastertide, which shows up already in Old English as ēastertīd. The late attestation is not surprising, as the word Yule had been confined to the North since the close of the Old English period, only spreading elsewhere in the 19th century. For more, see Yule and tide.

Descendants

yuletide

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