gella.
cod tongue (the fleshy muscle under the jaw of a fish, esp. a cod; an Icelandic delicacy; equivalent to Basque cococha)
Meaning & usage
cod tongue (the fleshy muscle under the jaw of a fish, esp. a cod; an Icelandic delicacy; equivalent to Basque cococha)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Danish gælle (“gill; certain parts removed from a herring before it is processed”), from Old Norse gjǫlnar.
an attractive or stylish girl or young woman; babe, chick, bird (UK)
Ég hitti þessa geðveikt flottu gellu í skólanum, en hún átti kærasta.
Where this word comes from
Probably borrowed from English gal.
to gill (a fish)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Danish gælle (“to gill (a fish)”); see Etymology 1.
to style (oneself), to do (oneself) up
Ég horfði á systur mína gellast í 90's-tískunni.
Where this word comes from
Derived from Etymology 3. Usually in the middle voice, but also found as gella sig upp (literally “to do oneself up, to style oneself up”). Probably borrowed from English gal.
to blow, to sound (of a flute, whistle, etc.)
lokaflautan gellur (við)
for there to be a blowing/sounding (of a flute, whistle, etc.) [with það ‘dummy subject’ and í (+ dative) ‘object sounding’] (idiomatically translated as “blow” or “sound”, with the dative prepositional object as the logical subject)
það gellur í flautunni
Try it on your idea.
gella has 5 characters. Say it out loud, try it alongside a description of your project, and see whether its meaning fits what you want to create.
These are naming prompts. Meanings and pronunciation can vary; existing brand and domain uses have not been checked.
Explore the name generatorA word with a source.
Definitions, grammatical labels, IPA, etymology and examples: Wiktionary contributors, extracted by Kaikki / Wiktextract. Adapted under CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected fields and authored examples are shown; third-party quotations and audio are omitted. See contributor history.
Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.