n. (in Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 41 it is masc.) A war-house, a tower, fortification :-- Ðis wīghūs haec arx, Ælfc. Gr. 9, 75; Zup. 73, 14: 3 ; Zup. 7, 9. Se hīhsta wīghūs arx, Wrt. Voc. i. 36, 41. Wīghūs propugnaculum, Hpt. Gl. 499, 61. On ǣlcurn ylpe wæs ān wīghūs getimbrod, and on ǣlcum wīghūse wǣron þrittig manna, Homl. Skt. ii. 25, 561. Wīghūses turris, Wrt. Voc. ii. 84, 28. Wīghūs propugnacula, i. 36, 40. Wīghūsum turribus, ii. 91, 25: Ps. Th. 47, ii: Past. 33; Swt. 2 29, 5. Se weall is mid stǣnenum wīghūsum (habitaculis defensorum) beworht, Ors. 2, 4; Swt. 74, 21. Menn wyrcaþ wīghūs him (elephants) on uppan, and of dām feohtaþ, Hex. 9 ; Norm. 16, II. [O. H. Ger. wīc-hūs turris, propugnaculum.] wig-hus