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▪ I. yodel, n.|ˈjəʊdəl|
Also jodel, yodle, erron. jödel.
[f. next.]
A melody or musical phrase inarticulately sung with interchange of the ordinary and falsetto voice, as by Swiss and Tyrolese mountaineers. Also transf. any cry resembling this.
1849Thackeray Pendennis lxv, Fanny's little sisters were taught a particular cry or jödel, which they innocently whooped in the court. 1864Cornh. Mag. Aug. 230, I heard singing and wild jodels about this dissipated city of Innsbrück. 1883Harper's Mag. July 907/2 As he joined his own vibrant baritone to the Tyrolese song-music, his yodel drowned all other sounds. 1894Du Maurier Trilby i. 22 The British milkman's yodel, ‘Milk below!’
Comb.1874R. H. Busk Vall. Tirol Pref. p. vi, Just as the shriek of the whistle overpowers the Jödel-call.
▪ II. yodel, v.|ˈjəʊdəl|
Also youdle, yoddle, yodle, jodel, erron. jödel.
[ad. G. jodeln (Bavarian dial. jodln, jolen), properly, to utter the syllable jo.]
a. intr. To sing or warble with interchange of the ordinary and falsetto voice, in the manner of Swiss and Tyrolese mountaineers. Also transf.
1838Lady Granville Lett. (1894) II. 266 Listening to three little peasant girls, all youdling to perfection in parts. 1841in J. F. Campbell Frost & Fire (1865) I. 156 We went yoddling and shouting to rouse the echoes. 1850The Initials v, A loud gay voice was heard in the distance jodling. 1876Besant & Rice Gold. Butterfly xxv, The shepherds jodel in the valleys. 1878H. S. Wilson Alpine Ascents i. 21 Our guides shout and jödel. 1890Lowell Let. to Miss E. G. Norton 7 Sept., The screech-owl..every night yodels mournfully about the house like a banshee.
b. trans. with the melody as object.
1839Longfellow Hyperion iii. iii, A single voice..was heard yodling forth a ballad. 1879Baring-Gould Germany xi. II. 52 From far away comes the refrain jödeled back to her.
Hence ˈyodel(l)ing (yoddling, jodel(l)ing) vbl. n.; also ˈyodel(l)er (yodler, jodler), ˈyodelist, one who yodels.
1827M. Wilmot Jrnl. 18 Aug. in More Lett. (1935) 288 The wild yodling of two young girls, who suddenly begun [sic] to sing their mountain melody. 1830Scott Jrnl. 4 June, Anne wants me to go to hear the Tyrolese Minstrels, but..I cannot but think their yodeling..is a variation..upon the tones of a jackass. 1841in J. F. Campbell Frost & Fire (1865) I. 155 We stepped out for our stone house, from which came yoddling and screaming and all sorts of noises. 1880‘Mark Twain’ Tramp Abroad xxviii. 289 Now the jodeler appeared..and..we gave him a franc to jodel some more. 1885Mrs. C. Praed Head Stat. xxviii, Clephane and Wyatt executed..an effective jodelling chorus. 1885Detroit Free Press 7 Nov. (Cassell), The yodelist began to play once more. 1910Blackw. Mag. Oct. 469/2 A Swiss yodeler.
Add: ˈyodelling ppl. a., resembling a yodel.
1949P. Bowles Sheltering Sky xxvii. 290 The music went on, the women regularly punctuated its cadences with their yodeling screams. 1987Sunday Times 4 Oct. 59/7 Mr Attallah, whose voice rises to a yodelling shriek when he becomes excited. |