
ETYMOLOGY
from yule + girth
EXAMPLE
“…and for gewing him monye injurious and ewill wourdis, for breking of Yule gerthe and trubling of the towne, is adjugit in amerciament and dome giffin thairvpon…”
From: Records of Inverness
Volume I. Burgh Court Books: 1556-86
1569-70 14 Jan.