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gealga
/jealɣa /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun
Gender: Masculine
Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
gealga
(?), an ; m. Sadness, gloom :-- Ðæs sweartan galgan (cf. the gloss to the same passage in An. Ox. 2960 :-- Sweartes geallan) melan-coliae, Wrt. Voc. ii. 81, 8 : 56, 72. v. gealh, gealg.
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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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