howl

(houl), v. [ rarely hulen = D. huilen = MUG. hulen, LG. hilen, hiilen = MHG. hiwweln, hiulen, G. heulen, howl, cry out (the OHG. hiwildn, hiwwildn, exult, shout for joy, is a different word, an aspirated freq. of equiv. juwen, reflecting L. jubilare: see jubilate), =Icel. yla = Sw. yla = Dan. hyle, howl: ef. Li. ululare, howl, yell, shriek, ery out, wail, ete. (> It. wrlare and ululare = Sp. aullar and ulular = Pg. ulular = OF. huler, husler, usler, hurler, huller, F. hurler, howl, yell), = Gr. tidy, bark, bay, howl; orig. imitative, and strengthened, in Teut., etc., by aspiration; the L. form is reduplicated; so Gr. oAoAtCewv, ery: aloud, Skt. ululi, ululu, a howling: see ululate. Not from owl, AS. ale, L. ulula, ete., which is rather from this verb: see owl, owlet, howlet.] I, in trans. 1. To utter a loud, prolonged, and mournful ery, as that of a dog or wolf. As soone as the catte was fallen she be-gan to whowle and to bray so lowde, that it was herde thourgh the hoste.