verb
Meaning 1
To gape; yawn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
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verb
To gape; yawn.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English galpen, from Old English *galpian, *ġealpian (“to gape, yawn, gulp”), suggested by derivative Old English ġealpettan (“to gulp down, eat greedily, devour”), from Proto-West Germanic *galpōn, from Proto-Germanic *galpōną (“to gape, yawn, sound out, yap”), from Proto-Indo-European *ghel- (“to call, cry out, shout, scream”). Cognate with North Frisian galpe (“to shout”), Saterland Frisian galpje (“to call, cry out, resound”), Low German galpen (“to bellow, roar, howl, bark”), Dutch galpen (“to yell, shout, howl”), dialectal Swedish galpa (“to screech, scream”), French japper (“to yelp, bark”). More at yelp.