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gjëll|i'·n I§ vi 1 [Fig] to have an empty life, just eating to stay alive 2 to live (in a particular habitat); continue to exist 3 [Old] to stay alive II§ vt, vi 1 (of animals) to forage (for [food]); feed 2 to seek and choose [ ]: pick out [ ] gjëmb = gjemb gjë'më nf 1 loud rumbling sound; boom, rumble 2 calamity, tragedy 3 news of death in the family 4 (Ethnog) wailing for the dead: keening 5 [Colloq Pej] something so ugly and bad as to be almost unbearable 6 plethora, huge amount