Reconstruction:Old English/geoltid

Etymology
Though modern is only first attested at the boundary between Middle and  (c. 1475), this word is also supported by the  cognate  and analogous terms such as, which shows up already in  as. The late attestation is not surprising, as the word had been confined to the North since the close of the Old English period, only spreading elsewhere in the 19th century. For more, see and.

Noun

 * 1) the Christmas season; Christmastime