yellv. i.[OE. yellen, ellen, AS. giellan, gillan, gyllan; akin to D. gillen, OHG. gellan, G. gellen, Icel. gjalla, Sw. glla 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.)v. t. To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone.(Shak.)n. A sharp, loud, hideous outcry.()Their hideous yells
Rend the dark welkin. (J. Philips.)