Nowel

In "The Franklin's Tale," Chaucer alludes to "Nowel" as a festive cry at Christmastide: "And 'Nowel' crieth every lusty man."

Christmas: Its Origin and Associations Together with Its Historical Events and Festive Celebrations During Nineteen Centuries William Francis Dawson

Also on the program is Randall Thompson's one-word Shepherd Lullaby "Nowel" as sung by the freshmen Norsemen chorus.

News & Features from Minnesota Public Radio 2009

We don't cry _Nowel_ any more; instead we petition the janitor to send up a little more steam.

Pipefuls Christopher Morley 1923

Nowel, being prebendary in Westminster, and thereby having a voice in the Convocation House, cannot be a member of this House, and so agreed by the

The Reign of Mary Tudor James Anthony Froude 1856

Nowel as a member of Convocation was declared ineligible; [152]

The Reign of Mary Tudor James Anthony Froude 1856

Nowel and Doctor Tregonwell had been returned to the Lower House;

The Reign of Mary Tudor James Anthony Froude 1856

Governor Nowel, and our vassals? or perhaps some dispute betwixt our

Peveril of the Peak 1822

"Why, what should it be about," said the young Earl "unless some factious dispute between our Majesty's minister, Governor Nowel, and our vassals? or perhaps some dispute betwixt our Majesty and the ecclesiastical jurisdictions? for all which our Majesty cares as little as any king in Christendom."

Peveril of the Peak Walter Scott 1801

Alice Nutter, Catherine Hewit, and Isabel Roby, were successively apprehended by the diligence of Nowel and one or two neighbouring magistrates, and were all of them by some means induced, some to make

Lives of the Necromancers William Godwin 1796

Je souris en Français aux blagues de la prof, mais ça veut rien dire L'event de Nowel est terminé, zut!

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