myltestrehus

Old English

Etymology

From myltestre (“prostitute”) +‎ hūs (“house”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmyl.tes.treˌxuːs/, [ˈmyɫ.tes.treˌhuːs]

Noun

myltestrehūs n

1. brothel

   Synonym: forliġerhūs

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	myltestrehūs	myltestrehūs
accusative	myltestrehūs	myltestrehūs
genitive	myltestrehūses	myltestrehūsa
dative	myltestrehūse	myltestrehūsum

References

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