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wíg-hús

  • noun [ neuter ]
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Grammar
wíg-hús, es; n. (in Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 41 it is masc.)
A war-house, a tower, fortification
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  • Ðis wíghús

    haec arx

    ,
      Ælfc. Gr. 9, 75; Zup. 73, 14: 3 ; Zup. 7, 9.
  • Se híhsta wíghús

    arx

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 41.
  • Wíghús

    propugnaculum

    ,
      Hpt. Gl. 499, 61.
  • On ǽlcurn ylpe wæs án wíghús getimbrod, and on ǽlcum wíghúse wǽron þrittig manna,

      Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 561.
  • Wíghúses

    turris

    ,
      Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 28.
  • Wíghús

    propugnacula

    , i.
      36, 40.
  • Wíghúsum

    turribus

    , ii.
      91, 25: Ps. Th. 47, ii: Past. 33; Swt. 2 29, 5.
  • Se weall is mid stǽnenum wíghúsum (

    habitaculis defensorum

    ) beworht,
      Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 21.
  • Menn wyrcaþ wíghús him (

    elephants

    ) on uppan, and of ðám feohtaþ,
      Hex. 9 ; Norm. 16, II.
Etymology
[O. H. Ger. wíc-hús turris, propugnaculum.]
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