galwes
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. |