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Meaning of gallows god | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

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

Norse

Examples

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

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

gallows humor gallows humour gallows tree gallows-bird gallows-bitts gallowsbird

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