galwes
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old English ġealga, galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô.
Noun[edit]
galwes
- gallows
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3941-3942:
- ‘The tree,’ quod she, ‘the galwes is to mene,
And Iuppiter bitokneth snow and reyn,’ [...]- ‘The tree,’ said she, ‘is to signify the gallows,
And Jupiter betokens snow and rain,’ [...]
- ‘The tree,’ said she, ‘is to signify the gallows,
- late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3941-3942:
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “galwes”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Welsh[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
galwes
Mutation[edit]
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
galwes | alwes | ngalwes | unchanged |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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