Galgatré

Old Norwegian Dictionary - galgatré

Meaning of Old Norwegian word "galgatré" in Norwegian.

As defined by the Johan Fritzer's Old Norwegian dictionary:

galgatré
galgatré, n. Træ som bruges til Galgefor deri at hænge nogen (ags. galgatreBosw.2 359 b). Völs. 1735 (c. 35); ogisær Træ, som naar den, der skal hænges,ved Strikken er fæstet til Yderenden afsamme, vipper ham op fra Jorden, Fm.VII, 131 (Mork. 13520).

Part of speech: n

Possible runic inscription in Medieval Futhork:ᚵᛆᛚᚵᛆᛏᚱᚽ
Medieval Runes were used in Norway from 11th to 15th centuries.
Futhork was a continuation of earlier Younger Futhark runes, which were used to write Old Norse.

Abbreviations used:

c.
Capitel.
m.
Masculin.
n.
Neutrum.
s.
substantiv.

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