Gálga-tré
Old Norse Dictionary - gálga-tré
Meaning of Old Norse word "gálga-tré"
As defined by the Cleasby & Vigfusson Old Norse to English dictionary:
- 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.
Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚴᛅᛚᚴᛅ-ᛏᚱᛁ
Younger Futhark runes were used from 8th to 12th centuries in Scandinavia and their overseas settlements
Abbreviations used:
- n.
- neuter.
- poët.
- poetically.
Works & Authors cited:
- Fas.
- Fornaldar Sögur. (C. II.)
- Fms.
- Fornmanna Sögur. (E. I.)
- Lex. Poët.
- Lexicon Poëticum by Sveinbjörn Egilsson, 1860.