Définitions
Définitions
1 wíte-hús
n. A house of punishment or torment, (1) a prison :-- Wítehúsa ergastulorum, Hpt. Gl. 516, 8. (2) an amphitheatre in which the Christians were martyred :-- Wítehúses amphitheatri, Hpt. Gl. 484, 47. On wítehúse in amphitheatrum (the passage is: In amphitheatrumsanctos ferreis collariis connexos cruentus carnifex imperat duci, Ald. 49), 489, 69. (3) hell :-- Hé héht ðæt wítehús wræcna (the fallen angels) bídan, Cd. 3, 21; Gen. 39 : 304, 11 ; Sat. 628. On wráþra wíc . . . , on wítehús, Exon. Th. 94, 7 ; Cri. 1536. wite-hus
Inscription runique
Inscription runique
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