galwes

Middle English

Alternative forms

galwe, galowe, galewes

Noun

galwes

gallows
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Descendants

Scots: galow, gallo, gallows
English: gallow, gallows

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for galwes in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Welsh

Alternative forms

galwais

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡalwɛs/

Verb

galwes

(colloquial) first-person singular preterite 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.

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