ȝellen
Middle English
/ˈjɛlən/
verb
Definitions
- To yell or holler; to make a loud cry or pronouncement (also of animals).
- To make a beastly or animal shriek or cry of alarm.
- To make a loud noise; to boom, reverbate or crash.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English ġiellan inherited from Proto-Germanic *gellaną (yell, shout).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*gellaną
Gloss
yell, shout
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- outyell English
- yell English
- yeller English
- yelleth English
- yelling English
- gillen Dutch, Flemish
- yell Dutch, Flemish
- yellen Dutch, Flemish
- *gʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *gellaną Proto-Germanic
- giellan Old English
- ġiellan Old English
- yelle Middle English
- ȝellynge Middle English
- gella Old Norse
- gjalla Old Norse
- gellen Middle Dutch
- gellan Old High German
- *gellan Old Dutch