witehus

Old English

Etymology

From wīte (“punishment, torture”) +‎ hūs (“house”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwiː.te.xuːs/, [ˈwiː.te.huːs]

Noun

wītehūs n

  1. prison
  2. an amphitheater in which Christians were martyred
  3. Hell

Declension

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative wītehūs wītehūs
accusative wītehūs wītehūs
genitive wītehūses wītehūsa
dative wītehūse wītehūsum

References

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