sawolhus

Old English

Alternative forms

• sāwelhūs

Etymology

From sāwol +‎ hūs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑː.wolˌxuːs/, [ˈsɑː.wolˌhuːs]

Noun

sāwolhūs n

1. (poetic) body

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	sāwolhūs	sāwolhūs
accusative	sāwolhūs	sāwolhūs
genitive	sāwolhūses	sāwolhūsa
dative	sāwolhūse	sāwolhūsum

Synonyms

• bānhūs
• bodiġ
• feorhhūs
• hrǣw
• hrif
• līchama (normal prose term)

References

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