eldertongue

Old English · proper noun

Wistlawudu

Part of speech
proper noun, masculine

Meaning

  1. the forests of the Vistula, described in the poem "Widsith" as the home of the Goths.

    Wulfhere sōhte iċ ond Wyrmhere; ful oft þær wīġ ne ālæġ,'þonne Hræda here heardum sweordum,'ymb Wistlawudu wergan sċeoldon''ealdne ēþelstōl Ætlan lēodum.

    "Widsith"

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