eldertongue

Old English · noun

wighus

Normalised wīġhūs

Part of speech
noun, neuter
Declension
strong a-stem
Modern English
towerfortification

Meaning

  1. tower

    ...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

  2. fortification

Declension

Declension of wighus
SingularPlural
Nominative wīġhūswīġhūs
Accusative wīġhūswīġhūs
Genitive wīġhūseswīġhūsa
Dative wīġhūsewīġhūsum

All forms (5)

Etymology

From wig + hus.

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wighus · CC BY-SA 4.0 licence · Attribution