Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gallows god

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.08 in modern English

Syllables: gal-lows -god
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A byname for the God Odin, so called for being hanged on the world tree Yggdrasil.

Example Sentences

"It is from this tree that Odin hanged himself in sacrifice, making the world-tree a gallows and himself the gallows god."

Inflected Forms

gallows gods (plural)

Questions

What does gallows god mean?: A byname for the God Odin, so called for being hanged on the world tree Yggdrasil.

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