gælle
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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse gjǫlnar f pl, from Proto-Germanic *gelunō, cognate with Norwegian gjelle, Swedish gäl (English gill is from Old Norse).
Pronunciation
Noun
gælle c (singular definite gællen, plural indefinite gæller)
- gill (breathing organ of fish)
Declension
Declension of gælle
Verb
gælle (past tense gællede, past participle gællet)
- to gill (to remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting it)
- 1949, H. Richter-Friis, Den danske levnedsmiddelindustri, page 137:
- For at betegne, at silden er gællet i fersk stand, benævnes den af og til »ferskgællet«. »Fiskepakket sild« er sild, der er gællet og saltet i tønder om bord i fiskefartøjerne, […]
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- 2006, Preben Dahlstrøm, Havfisk og fiskeri, page 298:
- Den danske sild blev oprindeligt saltet urenset, men blev senere gællet og renset inden saltningen, […]
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- 2010, Religionsforskningen før og nu (Tove Tybjerg, Armin W. Geertz, Tim Jensen), volume 1, page 277:
- For ham var mundheldene som røgede sild. De blev fanget, gællet, renset for indmad, røget og lagt ned pænt hver anden med hovedet i den ene retning og hver anden modsat: […]
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Conjugation
Inflection of gælle
References
“gælle” in Den Danske Ordbog