galwes

Middle English

Alternative forms

galwe, galowe, galewes

Etymology

From Old English ġealga, galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô.

Noun

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,’ [...]

Descendants

Scots: galow, gallo, gallows
English: gallow, gallows

References

“galwes”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Welsh

Alternative forms

galwais

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡalwɛs/

Verb

galwes

first-person singular preterite colloquial of galw

Mutation

Welsh mutation
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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