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wíte-stów

  • noun [ feminine ]
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wíte-stów, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§618;
A place of punishment or torment, hell
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  • Upp cómon sume ðara ðýstra gásta of ðære neowolnesse and of ðære wítestówe (de abysso illa flammivoma ),

    • Bd. 5, 12
    • ;
    • S. 628, 41.
  • Nis hér (in hell) nú nǽnig wóp, swá hit ǽr gewunelíc wæs on ðisse wítestówe,

      Blickl. Homl. 85, 29.
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  • wíte-stów, n.