Gealga

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - gealga

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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gealga
m. A gallows, gibbet, cross; patĭbŭlum, crux :-- Fraeoðes gealga a malefactor's gibbet, Rood Kmbl. 20; Kr. 10. Ðone óðerne he hét hón on gealgan altĕrum suspendit in crŭcem, Gen. 40, 22 : Deut. 21, 22 : Past. 3, 1; Swt. 33, 20; Hat. MS. 8 b, 7 : Apstls. Kmbl. 44; Ap. 22 : Rood Kmbl. 80; Kr. 40.

Related words: galga. gealga

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