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Kael
Stage Modern CLT
Pronunciation /ˈkaɪl/
Part of speech Noun; Verb
Principal parts Kael (noun/verb), chrai Kael (calls)
Etymology from Old Norse kall (a call/shout), entered CLT through Stoermhavn maritime culture Proto: kali → Middle: kālī → Modern: Kael (Great Vowel Break ā→ae, compression, open syllable tendency)
Related words Saeth, Skaeld, Soeng, Spraech, wif

Kael — a summoning cry raised against wind and wave; to raise such a cry.

Notes

The raw song-shout of Stormharbor. Called across a deck, across water, and at the Thing to take the ground. Both the sound and the act of making it.