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Original entry ↗verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo shout; holler; make a loud sound with the voice, especially to express intense emotions such as anger or excitement. · To convey by shouting. · To tell someone off, to scold or rebuke, typically in a loud and angry manner.
From Middle English ȝellen, yellen, from Old English ġiellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gälje (“to yell”), Dutch gillen (“to yell”), German Low German gellen (“to yell”), German gellen (“to yell”).
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