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: ==== 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 ===