weoh
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *wīh (“sacred place or thing”). Compounds with wīg- or weoh (short vowel) use the noun from *wīhą (“idol”), while those with wēoh- (long vowel) derive from the adjective *wīhaz (“holy”). More at witch, Weihnachten and victim.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwēoh n
Declension
editDeclension of wēoh (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
edit- wēofod (“altar”) ← *wīohbēod
- wēohsteall (“altar stand”)
- wēohweorþung (“idol worship”)
- wēohsmiþ (“idol carver”)
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- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English neuter nouns
- Old English neuter a-stem nouns