of wīte (“punishment”) + sċræf (“cave, den”) IPA(key): /ˈwiː.teˌʃræf/ <span class="searchmatch">wītesċræf</span> n Hell Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “wíte-scræf”, in An...
a-stem: dūnsċræf (“mountain-cavern”) eorþsċræf (“earth-cavern”) stānsċræf (“rock-cavern”) <span class="searchmatch">wītesċræf</span> (“den of torment, hell”) Middle English: scræf (early)...
wītelēas (“without punishment or fine”) wīterǣden (“punishment, fine”) <span class="searchmatch">wītesċræf</span> (“pit of torment, hell”) wītestenġ (“pole used for torture”) wītestōw...