galwes
Middle English
Alternative forms
- galwe, galowe, galewes
Etymology
From Old English ġealga, galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô.
Noun
galwes
- gallows
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
Descendants
- Scots: galow, gallo, gallows
- English: gallow, gallows
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for galwes in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Welsh
Alternative forms
- galwais
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡalwɛs/
Verb
galwes
- (colloquial) first-person singular preterite 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. | |||