weoh

• wīh, wīoh, wīġ

From Proto-West Germanic *wīh (“sacred place or thing”). Compounds with wīġ- 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.

• IPA^(key): /we͜oːx/

wēoh n

1. idol, image

Strong a-stem:

• wēofod (“altar”) ← *wīohbēod
• wēohsteall (“altar stand”)
• wēohweorþung (“idol worship”)
• wēohsmiþ (“idol carver”)