Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗A long, loud, deep shout, as of rage or laughter, made with the mouth wide open. · The cry of the lion. · The deep cry of the bull. · A loud resounding noise.
To make a loud, deep cry, especially from pain, anger, or other strong emotion. · To laugh in a particularly loud manner. · Of animals (especially a lion), to make a loud deep noise. · Generally, of inanimate objects etc., to make a loud resounding noise.
From Middle English roren, raren, from Old English rārian (“to roar; wail; lament”), from Proto-West Germanic *rairōn, from Proto-Germanic *rairōną (“to bellow; roar”), from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to shout; bellow; yell; bark”), perhaps of imitative origin. Cognate with Saterland Frisian roorje (“to roar”), German röhren (“to roar”).
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