galwes

Middle English

Alternative forms
  • galwe, galowe, galewes

Etymology

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

Noun

galwes

  1. gallows
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

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

References
  • galwes in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Welsh

Alternative forms
  • galwais

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɡalwɛs/

Verb

galwes

  1. first-person singular preterite colloquial of galw

Mutation
Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
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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