Gallows-weed was a form of plant-life growing somewhere in the swamp-lands[1], mentioned only in The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book.
In the fictional lore of the Hobbits, gallows-weed grew where Mewlips lurked and birds called Gorcrows flew. Its characteristics are not told, and for few who entered those marshes where gallows-weed grew would ever return.[2]
Translations[]
| Foreign Language | Translated name |
| Bosnian | Vješala-korov |
| Bulgarian Cyrillic | Бесилката-плевели |
| Croatian | Vješala-trava |
| Czech | Šibenicová-plevel |
| Danish | Galge-ukrudt |
| Dutch | Galg-onkruid |
| Finnish | Hirttoyrtti |
| French | Herbe de potence |
| German | Galgenkraut |
| Hebrew | הגרדום גראס |
| Hindi | फांसी-खरपतवार |
| Hungarian | Akasztófa-gyom |
| Italian | Erba stringa |
| Kannada | ಗಲ್ಲೊಸ್-ಕಳೆ |
| Latvian | Gaļēdāju-nezāles |
| Macedonian Cyrillic | Бесилка-плевел |
| Portuguese | Erva daninha da forca |
| Slovak | Šibenice-burinu |
| Slovenian | Vislice-plevela |
| Spanish | Hierba de la horca |
References[]
- ↑ The Adventures of Tom Bombadil and Other Verses from the Red Book, No. 9: "The Mewlips"
- ↑ A Guide To Tolkien