Nowel

(nō'el), n. [Norm. Fr. nowell, Fr. noël, for noël, Pr. & O. Sp. nadal, N. Sp. & Pg. natal, It. natale, fr. Lat. natalis (sc. dies), a birthday, fr. natalis, belonging to one's birth. See NATAL.] A shout of joy; properly, that at Christmas for the birth of the Saviour. [Obs.] [Written also noel.] Halliwell.