Yell (?), v. t. To utter or declare
with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone. Shak.
Yell, n. A sharp, loud, hideous
outcry.
Their hideous yells
Rend the dark welkin.
J. Philips.Yell (yĕl), v. i. [imp. &
p. p. Yelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Yelling.] [OE. yellen, ȝellen, AS.
giellan, gillan, gyllan; akin to D.
gillen, OHG. gellan, G. gellen, Icel.
gjalla, Sw. gälla 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.