geofonhus

Old English

Etymology

From ġeofon (“sea, ocean”) +‎ hūs (“house”), literally “sea-house”

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈje͜o.fonˌxuːs/, [ˈje͜o.vonˌhuːs]

Noun

ġeofonhūs n

1. a vessel

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “geofon-hús”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.