Yell
Yell (yel) , intransitive verb
[Old English yellen, yellen, Anglo-Saxon giellan, gillan, gyllan; akin to Dutch gillen, Old High German gellan, German gellen, Icelandic gjalla, Swedish galla to ring, resound, and to Anglo-Saxon, Old Saxon, & Old High German galan to sing, Icelandic gala. Compare 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.
Nor the night raven, that still deadly yells.
Infernal ghosts and hellish furies round
Environed thee; some howled, some yelled.
Yell , transitive verb
To utter or declare with a yell; to proclaim in a loud tone. — Shakespeare
Yell , noun
A sharp, loud, hideous outcry.
Their hideous yells
Rend the dark welkin.