wæferhus

Old English

Etymology

From wæfer- (“show”) +‎ hūs (“house”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwæ.ferˌxuːs/, [ˈwæ.verˌhuːs]

Noun

wæferhūs n

  1. amphitheater

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative wæferhūs wæferhūs
accusative wæferhūs wæferhūs
genitive wæferhūses wæferhūsa
dative wæferhūse wæferhūsum

References

Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wæfer-hús”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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