- wælstów
- f (-e/-a) place of slaughter, battlefield; ágan \wælstówe geweald to obtain possession of the battlefield, conquer
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
wælstów
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weallstów — see wælstów … Old to modern English dictionary
battlefield — 1812, from BATTLE (Cf. battle) (n.) + FIELD (Cf. field) (n.). The usual word for it in O.E. was wælstow, lit. slaughter place … Etymology dictionary
