galwes – Middle English noun declension

Middle English noun forms of galwes

Noun: galwes
Sg.galwes

Genitive

Dative

Sample Sentences

  • ‘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,’ …) [late 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Monk's Tale, The Canterbury Tales, line 3941-3942]

Nouns inflected like galwes

syment, cristened, savete, savyne, sandal, whelere, scuage, scluse, sclise, sclave, schyft, schuit, schite, schort, schold, schern, smothe, smethe, smerte, slutte, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)

Etymology

From Old English ġealga, galga, from Proto-Germanic *galgô. See: Old English Nouns 'ġealga'.

Verbs referencing "galwes"

English Nouns gallows.

Translations