galen

== Galician == === Verb === galen inflection of galar: third-person plural present subjunctive third-person plural imperative == Huave == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish cadena. === Noun === galen chain === References === Stairs Kreger, Glenn Albert; Scharfe de Stairs, Emily Florence; Olvaries Oviedo, Proceso; Ponce Villanueva, Tereso; Comonfort Llave, Lorenzo (1981), Diccionario huave de San Mateo del Mar (Serie de vocabularios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 24)‎[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 94 == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse galinn. Compare Swedish galen, Faroese galin and Norwegian Bokmål gal. ==== Alternative forms ==== gælen (gæ’ærn), gælin, gæren, gæærn (dialectal) gælin, gælinn (Trøndelag, Northern Møre) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /²ɡɑːlən/, /²ɡɑːɽən/ ==== Adjective ==== galen (neuter gale, definite singular and plural galne, comparative galnare, indefinite superlative galnast, definite superlative galnaste) crazy, mad, insane wrong, incorrect ===== Derived terms ===== galnehus, galehus galning klingalen === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse gala. ==== Participle ==== galen (neuter gale, definite singular and plural galne) past participle of gala === References === “galen” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Old English == === Verb === galen past participle of galan == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²ɡɑːlɛn/ === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish galin, from Old Norse galinn. ==== Adjective ==== galen (comparative galnare, superlative galnast) crazy, mad, insane [with av ‘with’] (of a person or situation) Synonyms: tokig, vansinnig Han är galen. ― He is crazy. Han blev galen av ilska. ― He went crazy with anger. crazy, mad [with i ‘about’] (very enthusiastic about or in love with) Synonym: förtjust Jag är galen i majs. ― I'm crazy about corn. wrong, amiss Ojdå, det där blev lite galet. ― Oops, that turned out a bit crazy. (gone) awry (not according to plan) Synonyms: fel, snett, på tok Det gick galet. ― It went awry. ===== Usage notes ===== Gå galet always means go awry, rather than go crazy; the latter is instead expressed as bli galen. ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== galen past participle of gala === Further reading === “galen”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “galen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “galen”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === Engla, algen, galne, lagen, legan, nagel