<DIV>Yule is the word for "wheel" in Old English and is specifically the turning of the year in the Wiccan religion, so yes, she guessed the etymology correctly.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Charles Butler</DIV> <DIV><BR><BR><B><I>Valerie Sutton <sutton@signwriting.org></I></B> wrote:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid"> <DIV> <DIV>SignWriting List</DIV> <DIV>November 30, 2005</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV>I am so glad that Shane posted a message in response to your message, Ingvild, because for some reason, I didn't see it in my email box...Thanks for these Norwegian signs for Christmas...interesting about the word Yul in Scandinavian spoken languages...I would have thought the sign to the right was representing a circular wreath on the door...which we do here in the US at Christmas time...smile...Val ;-)</DIV> <DIV><BR class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV> <DIV!
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class=khtml-block-placeholder></DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="WORD-SPACING: 0px; FONT: 14px Arial; TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; apple-text-size-adjust: auto; orphans: 2; widows: 2"><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 29/11/05,<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><B class=gmail_sendername><A href="mailto:iroald@hotmail.com"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline">iroald@hotmail.com</SPAN></A></B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><<A href="mailto:iroald@hotmail.com"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,238); khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: underline">iroald@hotmail.com</SPAN></A>> wrote:</SPAN> <BLOCKQUOTE class=gmail_quote
style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid"> <TABLE cellPadding=5 border=1> <TBODY style="border-spacing: 2px 2px"> <TR style="border-spacing: 2px 2px"> <TD style="border-spacing: 2px 2px"> <TABLE cellPadding=10 border=1> <TBODY style="border-spacing: 2px 2px"> <TR style="border-spacing: 2px 2px"> <TD vAlign=top> <CENTER style="border-spacing: 2px 2px"><IMG alt=jul src="cid:jul.png" align=middle border=0><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="border-spacing: 2px 2px"> </SPAN><IMG src="cid:dot_a.png" border=0><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="border-spacing: 2px 2px"> </SPAN><BR style="border-spacing: 2px 2px"><IMG src="cid:space_v.png"><BR style="border-spacing: 2px 2px"></CENTER></TD> <TD vAlign=top> <CENTER style="border-spacing: 2px 2px"><IMG alt=jul_2 src="cid:jul_2.png" align=middle border=0><SPAN class=Apple-style-span style="border-spacing: 2px 2px"> </SPAN><IMG src="cid:dot_a.png" border=0><SPAN
class=Apple-style-span style="border-spacing: 2px 2px"> </SPAN><BR style="border-spacing: 2px 2px"><IMG src="cid:space_v.png"><BR style="border-spacing: 2px 2px"></CENTER></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> <div></div> <div>In Norwegian sign language, NTS, there are two signs commonly used.</div> <div></div> <div>One of them outlines the christmas three, the other one reminds us that the mouth (and sound) is the same as for \'hjul\', meaning \'wheel\'. \'Wheel\' is signed differntly, though. - It may be that the word \'jul\' (English \'youl\') is etymologically connected to the turn of the year, and hence to a kind of wheel, but that is speculatiosn on my side.</div> <div></div> <div>But you can use either of these signs in NSL (=NTS) and be understood.</div> <div></div> <div>Ingvild<SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><BR><BR></div><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline></BLOCKQUOTE></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV><BR></DIV>