Old English · noun
witehus
Normalised wītehūs
- Part of speech
- noun, neuter
- Declension
- strong a-stem
- IPA
- /ˈwiː.te.xuːs/[ˈwiː.te.huːs]
- Syllables
- ˈwiː · te · xuːs (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- christiansmartyredamphitheaterprison
Meaning
-
prison
-
an amphitheater in which Christians were martyred
-
Hell
Declension
All forms (5)
Etymology
From wīte (“punishment, torture”) + hūs (“house”)
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