yellen

From English yell.

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yellen

1. to cry (e.g. a motto)

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• ȝelle, ȝellen, ȝeollen, ȝollen, yel, yelle, yhelle, yolle, yollen

From Old English ġiellan, from Proto-West Germanic *gellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną; a cognate of Middle Low German gellen, Middle Dutch gellen, and Middle High German gellen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɛlən/, /ˈjɔlən/

yellen (third-person singular simple present yelleth, present participle yellende, yellynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle yelled)

1. To yell or holler; to make a loud cry (also of animals).
   • a. 1382, John Wycliffe, “Osee 7:14”, in Wycliffe's Bible:

     And thei crieden not to me in her herte, but ȝelliden in her beddis. Thei chewiden code on wheete, and wyn, and thei ȝeden awei fro me.

     And they didn't cry to me from their hearts; instead they whined in their beds. They chewed wheat and wine like cud, then they ran away from me.

2. To shriek or cry (of or as an animal).
3. To make a loud noise; to boom, reverbate or crash.

• yel
• yellynge

• English: yell
• Scots: yell

• “yellen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-22.