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galge.

gallows (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɡaljə/[ˈɡ̊aljə]
  1. gallows (wooden framework on which persons are put to death by hanging)

    common-gender
  2. gibbet (an upright post with a crosspiece used for execution and subsequent public display)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish galghæ, from Old Norse galgi, from Proto-Germanic *galgô, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-, *ǵʰalg- (“long switch, rod, shaft, pole, perch”).

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