wilweorþung
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom wel (“well”) + weorþung (“worship”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwilweorþung f
- (literally) well worship (the worship of a well or fountain that is characterized by tying cloth to trees near them)
References
edit- The Court of the Gentiles, or A discourse touching the original of human literature, Part III, The Vanitie of Philosophie, by Theophilus Gale, printed by H. Hall, 1677, page 217.[1]