waul

Meaning

To wail, to cry plaintively.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/wɔːl/
Etymology

From Middle English wraulen, wrawlen (“cry like a cat; roar”). Compare Danish vræle, vråle, Swedish vråla (“to bellow; roar; howl; yell”).

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