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gale

verbverb

to crow, to call · to yell, to bawl, to shriek

EtymologyOpphav

norrønt gala Old Norse gala

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. om hane eller gjøk: lage en høy, langtrukken og modulert lyd of a cock or a cuckoo: to make a loud, drawn-out, modulated call
    • gjøken galer the cuckoo is calling
  2. låte (1)to sound, gnelleto shriek, skråleto bawl to soundlåte (1), to shriekgnelle, to bawlskråle
    • hva er det du galer etter? what are you yelling about?