Gálga-tré

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Gálga-tré

Old Norse Dictionary Entry

Definitions

1 gálga-tré

n. a gallows-tree, Fms. vii. 13, viii. 261, Fas. i. 215. A hook is poët. called agn-gálgi, ‘bait-gallows,’ Lex. Poët.

Runic Inscription

ᚴᛅᛚᚴᛅ-ᛏᚱᛁ

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark

Abbreviations Used

Common Abbreviations

n.
neuter.
poët.
poetical, poetically.

Works & Authors

Fas.
Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
Fms.
Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
Lex. Poët.
Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.
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