gjel

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin gallus, from Proto-Italic *galsos, from Proto-Indo-European *gelH- (“to call”).

gjel m

1. cock, rooster (male chicken)

   Synonyms: kaposh, këndes, knus

• gjel deti
• gjel i egër (“western capercaillie”)
• gjel bishtlirë (“black grouse”)

From Old Norse gil, compare with Northern England English gill (Etymology 3).

gjel n (definite singular gjelet, indefinite plural gjel, definite plural gjela or gjelene)

1. a gorge or ravine

• “gjel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse gil, compare with Northern England English gill (Etymology 3).

• IPA^(key): /jɛːl/

gjel n (definite singular gjelet, indefinite plural gjel, definite plural gjela)

1. a gorge or ravine

Compare Swedish bävergäll and Dutch bevergeil.

• IPA^(key): /jɛːl/, /jæːl/

gjel n (definite singular gjelet, uncountable)
gjel m (definite singular gjelen, uncountable)

1. castoreum

• IPA^(key): /jɛːl/, /jɛːɽ/

gjel

1. present of gala

• “gjel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.