gella

Icelandic

Noun

gella f (genitive singular gellu, nominative plural gellur)

1. (slang) a gal, a babe, a chick, a bird (UK) ^syn.

   Þetta er fokking heit gella!

   That chick is fucking smoking!

   Ég hitti þessa geðveikt flottu gellu í skólanum, en hún átti kærasta.

   I met this bitchin' babe at school, but she had a boyfriend.

2. (nautical, of a fish) gill

Derived terms

• hrista gelluna (confer skammast, hávaðast)

See also

• gaur
• stúlka

Synonyms

• (a babe, a gal ^def.): skutla, tískudrós (obsolete)
• (gill ^def.): kverksigi