wighus
Old English
editEtymology
editNoun
editwīġhūs n
- tower
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- ...and būfan þām māran wealle, ofer eallne þone ymbgong, hē is mid stǣnenum wīġhūsum beworht.
- ...and above the greater wall, over the whole circumference, it is built with stone towers.
- late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
- fortification
Declension
editDeclension of wīġhūs (strong a-stem)
References
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wíg-hús”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.