gjalla.
to yell, to scream
Meaning & usage
to yell, to scream
to cry, to shriek
for there to be a sharp sound [with það ‘dummy subject’ and í (+ dative) ‘from the person or thing sounding’] (idiomatically translated as “ring out” or “resound”, with the dative prepositional object as the logical subject)
það gellur í henni.
það gall í herberginu þegar ég skellti hurðinni.
Where this word comes from
From Old Norse gjalla, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Swedish gälla, Danish gjalde, English yell, German gellen, Dutch gillen.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.