yulemonth
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Notwithstanding his assertion that December 25 was originally called Yule, and that December and January from it received their names as the earlier and later Yulemonth, there is not a single case, prior to the eleventh century, in which December 25 was called Yule."
- "To go out during the dark hours before 'Yule-month' arrived was suicide. Even Norman lords and their houseswains would not venture out of the village on such nights as these."
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *Yol-month, ġeohholmōnaþ
Inflected Forms
Yule-month (alternative)