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gealga
/jealɣa /*
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Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
gealga
. Add :-- On gealgan treówe (cf. galga-tré in Dict.) patibulo, An. Ox. 391. Róde gelgan gabuli patibulo, 3089. Þá gefæstnodon hí hine on róde gealgan . . . Hé þǽre róde gealgan underféng, Hml. Th. i. 588, 16-19: Bl. H. 27, 28: 97, 11. On galgan geworhtre eculei (cf. eculei, cruci, 81, 49), Wrt. Voc. ii. 31, 76. Gealgan labaro (Christi), An. Ox. 1860.
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gealga
, an; 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. v. galga.
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