Gálga-tré

Old Norse Dictionary - gálga-tré

Meaning of Old Norse word "gálga-tré" in English.

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.
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