galan
Old English
verb
Definitions
- to sing; enchant
- to cry, call, scream
- to cast spells, practice sorcery, sing charms
Etymology
Inherited from *galan inherited from Proto-Germanic *galaną (sing, charm, shout, yell, roop) root from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel- (shout, scream, charm away, call, shine, cry out, enchant, charm, chant, sing).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰel-
Gloss
shout, scream, charm away, call, shine, cry out, enchant, charm, chant, sing
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- becry English
- catchcry English
- countercry English
- crier English
- criest English
- crieth English
- cry English
- crybaby English
- cryfest English
- cryful English
- crying English
- crysome English
- forecry English
- gale English
- midcry English
- orgulous English
- orgulously English
- outcry English
- undercry English
- χελιδών Ancient Greek
- χεῖλος Ancient Greek
- *gʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʰladʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- gale Norwegian Bokmål
- golle Norwegian Bokmål
- *galaną Proto-Germanic
- *galdraz Proto-Germanic
- *galdrą Proto-Germanic
- *galpōną Proto-Germanic
- *gellaną Proto-Germanic
- *gelpą Proto-Germanic
- *glutōną Proto-Germanic
- *gōlijaną Proto-Germanic
- gala Norwegian Nynorsk
- galdor Old English
- galdre Old English
- gealdor Old English
- crien Middle English
- galder Middle English
- galen Middle English
- orgulous Middle English
- gala Old Norse
- gala, chant, to sing, crow Old Norse
- *žьlvъ Proto-Slavic
- gala Icelandic
- gola Icelandic
- góla Icelandic
- galt Old High German
- գեղգեղեմ Old Armenian
- gala Faroese
- *galan gmw-pro
- galan Old Saxon
- gala Old Swedish
- karai Tok Pisin
- krai Tok Pisin
- *galda Proto-Albanian
- *gėlwɨd Proto-Brythonic
- cly Chinook Jargon