"jól" meaning in Old Norse

See jól in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, *jeulō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (“joke, play”). Etymology templates: {{inh|non|gem-pro|*jehwlą}} Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, {{der|non|ine-pro|*yekə-||joke, play}} Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (“joke, play”) Head templates: {{head|non|nouns|g=n-p|g2=|head=|sort=|tr=}} jól n pl, {{non-noun|n-p|jóla}} jól n pl (genitive jóla) Inflection templates: {{non-decl-n-a|jól|form=plur}}, {{non-decl-blank-plur|apd=jólin|api=jól|asd=jólit|asi=jól|dpd=jólunum|dpi=jólum|dsd=jólinu|dsi=jóli|g=neuter|gpd=jólanna|gpi=jóla|gsd=jólsins|gsi=jóls|notes=|npd=jólin|npi=jól|nsd=jólit|nsi=jól|stem=strong a-stem|title=jól}}, {{non-decl-cell|jól|npi}}, {{non-decl-cell|jólin|npd}}, {{non-decl-cell|jól|api}}, {{non-decl-cell|jólin|apd}}, {{non-decl-cell|jólum|dpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|jólunum|dpd}}, {{non-decl-cell|jóla|gpi}}, {{non-decl-cell|jólanna|gpd}} Forms: jóla [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], jól [indefinite, nominative, plural], jólin [definite, nominative, plural], jól [accusative, indefinite, plural], jólin [accusative, definite, plural], jólum [dative, indefinite, plural], jólunum [dative, definite, plural], jóla [genitive, indefinite, plural], jólanna [definite, genitive, plural], *iūl [alternative]
  1. yule, midwinter season Tags: neuter, plural
    Sense id: en-jól-non-noun-qU8h8Wd~ Categories (other): Old Norse entries with incorrect language header, Old Norse pluralia tantum, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Derived forms: jólaaptann [masculine], jólaboð [neuter], jóladagr [masculine], jóladrykkja [feminine], jólafasta [feminine], jólafriðr [masculine], jólagjǫf [feminine], jólahald [neuter], jólakveld [neuter], jólamorginn [masculine], jólanátt [feminine], jólanótt [feminine], jólatíðir [feminine, plural], jólaveizla [feminine], jólavist [feminine], jólaǫl [neuter], jólnir [masculine]

Inflected forms

{
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "jól"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: jól",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: jól"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "jól"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: jól",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: jól"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "jol"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: jol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: jol"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "iūl"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: iūl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: iūl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "jul"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: jul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: jul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "iul",
            "alt": "iūl"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: iūl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: iūl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "jul"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: jul\nNorwegian Bokmål: jul\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: jul (partially from an earlier East Nordic borrowing)\n→ German: Jul\n→ Dutch: joel\n⇒ German: Julfest\n→ Dutch: joelfeest\n→ Greenlandic: juulli",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: jul\nNorwegian Bokmål: jul\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: jul (partially from an earlier East Nordic borrowing)\n→ German: Jul\n→ Dutch: joel\n⇒ German: Julfest\n→ Dutch: joelfeest\n→ Greenlandic: juulli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-ogt",
            "2": "iaul"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Gutnish: iaul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Gutnish: iaul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "jolif",
            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→? Old French: jolif",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→? Old French: jolif (see there for further descendants)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*jehwlą"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *jehwlą",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*yekə-",
        "4": "",
        "5": "joke, play"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (“joke, play”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, *jeulō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (“joke, play”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jóla",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "non-decl-n-a",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jól",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jólin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jól",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jólin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jólum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jólunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jóla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jólanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*iūl",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "nouns",
        "g": "n-p",
        "g2": "",
        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
      "expansion": "jól n pl",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n-p",
        "2": "jóla"
      },
      "expansion": "jól n pl (genitive jóla)",
      "name": "non-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jól",
        "form": "plur"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-n-a"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "jólin",
        "api": "jól",
        "asd": "jólit",
        "asi": "jól",
        "dpd": "jólunum",
        "dpi": "jólum",
        "dsd": "jólinu",
        "dsi": "jóli",
        "g": "neuter",
        "gpd": "jólanna",
        "gpi": "jóla",
        "gsd": "jólsins",
        "gsi": "jóls",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "jólin",
        "npi": "jól",
        "nsd": "jólit",
        "nsi": "jól",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "jól"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-plur"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jól",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jólin",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jól",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jólin",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jólum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jólunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jóla",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jólanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Old Norse pluralia tantum",
          "parents": [
            "Pluralia tantum",
            "Nouns",
            "Lemmas"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jólaaptann"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "jólaboð"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jóladagr"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jóladrykkja"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jólafasta"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jólafriðr"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jólagjǫf"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "jólahald"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "jólakveld"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jólamorginn"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jólanátt"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jólanótt"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "jólatíðir"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jólaveizla"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "jólavist"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "jólaǫl"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "jólnir"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yule, midwinter season"
      ],
      "id": "en-jól-non-noun-qU8h8Wd~",
      "links": [
        [
          "yule",
          "yule"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jól"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jólaaptann"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jólaboð"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jóladagr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jóladrykkja"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jólafasta"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jólafriðr"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jólagjǫf"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jólahald"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jólakveld"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jólamorginn"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jólanátt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jólanótt"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "jólatíðir"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jólaveizla"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "jólavist"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "jólaǫl"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "jólnir"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "is",
            "2": "jól"
          },
          "expansion": "Icelandic: jól",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Icelandic: jól"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fo",
            "2": "jól"
          },
          "expansion": "Faroese: jól",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Faroese: jól"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "jol"
          },
          "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk: jol",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Norwegian Nynorsk: jol"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "iūl"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: iūl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: iūl"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "jul"
          },
          "expansion": "Swedish: jul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Swedish: jul"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
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            "alt": "iūl"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: iūl",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "jul"
          },
          "expansion": "Danish: jul\nNorwegian Bokmål: jul\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: jul (partially from an earlier East Nordic borrowing)\n→ German: Jul\n→ Dutch: joel\n⇒ German: Julfest\n→ Dutch: joelfeest\n→ Greenlandic: juulli",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Danish: jul\nNorwegian Bokmål: jul\n→ Norwegian Nynorsk: jul (partially from an earlier East Nordic borrowing)\n→ German: Jul\n→ Dutch: joel\n⇒ German: Julfest\n→ Dutch: joelfeest\n→ Greenlandic: juulli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-ogt",
            "2": "iaul"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Gutnish: iaul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
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            "bor": "1",
            "unc": "1"
          },
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          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
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        }
      ],
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    }
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      "name": "inh"
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    {
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        "4": "",
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, *jeulō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *yekə- (“joke, play”).",
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    {
      "form": "jóla",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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        "inflection-template"
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        "indefinite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jól",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "jólin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jólum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jólunum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jóla",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jólanna",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "*iūl",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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        "head": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": ""
      },
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      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "jóla"
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    {
      "args": {
        "apd": "jólin",
        "api": "jól",
        "asd": "jólit",
        "asi": "jól",
        "dpd": "jólunum",
        "dpi": "jólum",
        "dsd": "jólinu",
        "dsi": "jóli",
        "g": "neuter",
        "gpd": "jólanna",
        "gpi": "jóla",
        "gsd": "jólsins",
        "gsi": "jóls",
        "notes": "",
        "npd": "jólin",
        "npi": "jól",
        "nsd": "jólit",
        "nsi": "jól",
        "stem": "strong a-stem",
        "title": "jól"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-blank-plur"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jól",
        "2": "npi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jólin",
        "2": "npd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jól",
        "2": "api"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jólin",
        "2": "apd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jólum",
        "2": "dpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jólunum",
        "2": "dpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jóla",
        "2": "gpi"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jólanna",
        "2": "gpd"
      },
      "name": "non-decl-cell"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Old Norse",
  "lang_code": "non",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Old Norse entries with incorrect language header",
        "Old Norse lemmas",
        "Old Norse neuter a-stem nouns",
        "Old Norse neuter nouns",
        "Old Norse nouns",
        "Old Norse pluralia tantum",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Old Norse terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
        "Old Norse terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "yule, midwinter season"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "yule",
          "yule"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "jól"
}

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