galler

gall +‎ -er

galler (plural gallers)

1. One who or that which galls.
   • 1994, Peter W. Price, William J. Mattson, Yuri N. Baranchikov, The Ecology and Evolution of Gall-forming Insects, page 181:

     The most clear-cut species boundaries are among gallers of different plant parts — leaf blade, petiole, bud and twig.

From Old Swedish galdror, probably from Middle Low German gaddere (from whence German Gitter).

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galler n

1. a grid, a lattice, bars; a pattern like XXX or ||| formed by several long, more-or-less rigid objects

   att skaka galler

   to be behind bars (to be in prison)

2. a grid (of an electronic vacuum tube)

Often a synonym of things like (metal) fences (stängsel), just from having a grid pattern.

From Latin gallus.

galler c

1. a Gaul; a person from the Gaul era

• galler in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• galler in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• galler in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• galler in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaɬɛr/

galler

1. (literary) impersonal subjunctive of gallu
2. (literary) impersonal imperative of gallu