galwes

Middle English

Alternative forms

• galwe, galowe, galewes

Etymology

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

Noun

galwes

1. 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

1. 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.