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Quotation dates: 1399-1400, 1500-1560
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Gallow-tre, n. Also: galow-, galou-. [e.m.E. gallow-tree, ME. galwe tre, OE. galᵹa tré, galᵹtréow.] = Gallows n. 1. — a1400 Legends of the Saints xxvi. 944.
I sal pray god that ȝe sal be Sone hangyt one a galou tre c1500-c1512 Dunb. xlix. 23.
In his suppleis On gallow [M. galow] treis Ȝitt dois he glowir 1560 Rolland Seven Sages 3104.
This knicht … was … hangit on the gallow treis
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