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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Yell \Yell\ (y[e^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Yelled}; p. pr & vb
n. {Yelling}.] [OE. yellen, [yogh]ellen, AS giellan gillan,
gyllan akin to D. gillen, OHG. gellan, G. gellen, Icel.
gjalla Sw g["a]lla to ring, resound, and to AS., OS., &
OHG. galan to sing, Icel. gala. Cf 1st {Gale}, and
{Nightingale}.]
To cry out or shriek, with a hideous noise; to cry or scream
as with agony or horror.
They yelleden as feendes doon in helle. --Chaucer.
Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells.
--Spenser.
Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round Environed
thee; some howled, some yelled. --Milton.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
yelled
adj : in a vehement outcry; "his shouted words of encouragement
could be heard over the crowd noises" [syn: {shouted}]
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