gääll

From Old Norse gjalda, from Proto-Germanic *geldaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰeldʰ- (“to pay”). Cognates include English yield, German gelten, Dutch gelden, Swedish gälla, Norwegian gjelde, Icelandic and Faroese gjalda and Danish gælde.

gääll (preterite gall or gallt, plural gååll, supine gålli or göllä)

1. (impersonal, sometimes personal) apply, be possible, be of help, suffice, give the desired result (of ...)

   Hä gäll int

   it can not be helped, it must take place

   or

   it can't be achieved, can't be done

   Hä gallt int plut vä ’om

   it was not enough to talk to him

   Han skönnä säg bästä’n kónnt, men hä gallt int

   He hurried as best he could, but it wasn't enough.

   åm he ha gålli men he gallt einnt

   imagine if it had worked, but it didn't

   dämm gååll nästaɳ einnt fɑ sɑnn

   it was almost impossible to break them

From Old Norse gelda, from geldr; see gall, gål.

gääll (preterite gällä)

1. (transitive) castrate