Nowel

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Middle English

Alternative forms

nowel, Noel, Nowell, Newell

Etymology

From Middle French noel or Anglo-Norman noel, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /nɔu̯ˈɛl/

Proper noun

Nowel

(rare) Christmas, Noel
(rare) a surname

Descendants

English: Noel, noel

References

“nouel, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

Interjection

Nowel

A gleeful exclamation upon hearing Jesus being born in representations of the event.
A general-purpose gleeful exclamation.

References

“nouel, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-27.

Plautdietsch

Noun

Nowel m (plural Nowels)

navel, belly button

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