Noun: gealga
Gender:
Nominative
| Singular | ġealga |
| Plural | ġealgan |
Genitive
| Singular | ġealgan |
| Plural | ġealgena |
Dative
| Singular | ġealgan |
| Plural | ġealgum |
Accusative
| Singular | ġealgan |
| Plural | ġealgan |
Sample Sentences
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On gealgan sind ealle menn ġebrōðra. (On the gallows tree, all men are brothers.)
Nouns inflected like gealga
gebedda,
geclofa,
gedwola,
geoloca,
gelonda,
gelanda,
gelenda,
geselda,
getwisa,
gierela,
gefultuma,
giefa,
gimwyrhta,
gefædera,
gedrinca,
gefara,
gealla,
gealga,
gemaca,
genefa, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *galgō, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”).
2. 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). See: Dutch Nouns '
galg', German Nouns '
Galgen', Old Norse Nouns '
galgi', Gothic Nouns '
𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰'.
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