yeld, yall, yell

[Icel. geldr =barren, giving no milk; Sw.gall =unfruitful, barren, sterile. Not giving milk, barren. ( Scotch.) "Beginning to shoot the yeld hinds."-Athenœum, Oct. 30, 1886, p. 560. *yelde, v. t. [YIELD, v.] *yelde-halle, s. [GUILDHALL.) yělk, s. [YOLK.] yell, a. [YELD.] yěll, *yell-en, v . i. & t. [A. S. gellan , giellan , gyllan to yell, to cry out, to resound; cogn. with Dut. gillen ; Icel. gella , gjalla (pa. t. gall ) ; Dan. giælle , gialde ; Sw. gälla =to ring, to resound; Ger. gellen to resound. The same root appears in Icel. gala (pa. t. gól , pa. par. galinn )=to sing: A. S. IMG:content-1090.png:[blocks in formation] "As if it fell with Scotland, and yell'd out Like syllable of dolour." Shakesp.: Macbeth, iv. 3. yěll, subst. [YELL, v.] A sharp, loud, shrill and hideous scream; a shriek or scream as of horror or agony. "But ah! those dreadful yells what soul can hear?" Cowper: Needle Alarm. *yelleden, pret . of v. [YELL, v.] yěll-ing, *yell-ynge, pr . par . , a . & 8. [YELL, v.] A. & B. As pr . par. & particip . adj .: (See the C. As subst .: The act or noise of one who or that verb.) which yells; a yell. "With wailing great, and women's shrill yelling The roofs gan roar; the air resound with plaint." Surrey: Virgil's Æneis , iv.