gealga

• galga — Anglian

From Proto-West Germanic *galgō, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”).

Cognate with Old Frisian galga (West Frisian galge), Old Saxon galgo, Dutch galg, Old High German galgo (German Galgen), Old Norse galgi, gálgi (Swedish and Danish galge), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰 (galga).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjæ͜ɑl.ɡɑ/, [ˈjæ͜ɑɫ.ɣɑ]

ġealga m

1. gallows; a gibbet or cross

   On gealgan sind ealle menn ġebrōðra.

   On the gallows tree, all men are brothers.

• bēam
• gealgtrēow
• trēow
• weargtrēow

(From Anglian galga):

• Middle English: galwes, galwe, galowe, galewes
  • Scots: galow, gallo, gallows
  • English: gallow, gallows