gale
To cry; groan; croakTo cry; groan; croak.
Meaning
4 senses(dialectal, intransitive)To cry; groan; croak.
(dialectal, intransitive)To talk.
(dialectal, transitive)To sing; utter with musical modulations.
To sail, or sail fast.
Examples
24 sentencesOrigin
From Middle English galen, from Old English galan (“to sing, enchant, call, cry, scream; sFrom Middle English galen, from Old English galan (“to sing, enchant, call, cry, scream; sing charms, practice incantation”), from Proto-Germanic *galaną (“to roop, sing, charm”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (“to shout, scream, charm away”). Cognate with Danish gale (“to crow”), Swedish gala (“to crow”), Icelandic gala (“to sing, chant, crow”), Dutch galm (“echo, sound, noise”). Related to yell.
From Middle English gale (“a wind, breeze”), possibly from Old English galan, possibly an unknown North Germanic origin, related to Icelandic gola (“a breeze”), Danish gal (“furious, mad”), both from Old Norse gala (“to sing”), and thus ultimately related to the above word (etymology 1).
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Forms
gales, galing, galed, galedLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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