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gjalla

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Icelandic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse gjalla, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną. Cognate with Swedish gälla, Danish gjalde, English yell, German gellen, Dutch gillen.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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gjalla (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gall, third-person plural past indicative gullu, supine gollið)

  1. (intransitive) to yell, to scream
  2. (impersonal) to resound
  3. (intransitive) to cry, to shriek

Conjugation

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gjalla – active voice (germynd)
infinitive nafnháttur gjalla
supine sagnbót gollið
present participle
gjallandi
indicative
subjunctive
present
past
present
past
singular ég gell gall gjalli gylli
þú gellur gallst gjallir gyllir
hann, hún, það gellur gall gjalli gylli
plural við gjöllum gullum gjöllum gyllum
þið gjallið gulluð gjallið gylluð
þeir, þær, þau gjalla gullu gjalli gyllu
imperative boðháttur
singular þú gjall (þú), gjalltu
plural þið gjallið (þið), gjalliði1
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
gollinn — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)
strong declension
(sterk beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
gollinn gollin gollið gollnir gollnar gollin
accusative
(þolfall)
gollinn gollna gollið gollna gollnar gollin
dative
(þágufall)
gollnum gollinni gollnu gollnum gollnum gollnum
genitive
(eignarfall)
gollins gollinnar gollins gollinna gollinna gollinna
weak declension
(veik beyging)
singular (eintala) plural (fleirtala)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
masculine
(karlkyn)
feminine
(kvenkyn)
neuter
(hvorugkyn)
nominative
(nefnifall)
gollni gollna gollna gollnu gollnu gollnu
accusative
(þolfall)
gollna gollnu gollna gollnu gollnu gollnu
dative
(þágufall)
gollna gollnu gollna gollnu gollnu gollnu
genitive
(eignarfall)
gollna gollnu gollna gollnu gollnu gollnu

Old Norse

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Adjective

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gjalla

  1. inflection of gjallr:
    1. strong feminine accusative singular
    2. strong masculine accusative plural
    3. weak masculine oblique singular
    4. weak feminine nominative singular
    5. weak neuter singular