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名詞

wīġhūs n

1. tower
   • late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans

     ...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.

2. fortification

語形変化

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参照

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wíg-hús”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.