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English
A depiction of Hel by Johannes Gehrts , 1889
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Norse hel . Cognate with Old English hell ( “ hell ” ) .
Proper noun
Hel
( religion , Norse mythology ) The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead , a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða .
( religion , Norse mythology ) The realm of the dead who did not die in combat, ruled by the goddess and located in Niflheim (one of the Nine Realms ).
Synonyms
( realm of the unheroic dead ) : Helheim
Translations
goddess of the realm of the dead
Further reading
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse hel ( “ hell ” ) . More at Hel .
Proper noun
Hel
Hel ( goddess )
Hel ( realm )
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hel ( “ death, death realm ” ) , whence also hel ( “ death ” ) .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Hel f
( Norse mythology ) Hel , the goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead
Hypernyms: daudedis , daudenorne , daudemøy
Related terms
Polish
Hel
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From hyl or perhaps from Germanic .
Proper noun
Hel m inan (related adjective helski )
Hel (a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship , Poland )
( colloquial ) Hel Peninsula (a peninsula in Poland )
Synonyms: Mierzeja Helska , Półwysep Helski
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Learned borrowing from Old Norse Hel .
Proper noun
Hel f (indeclinable )
( Norse mythology ) Hel ( goddess of the realm of the dead )
( Norse mythology ) Hel ( realm of the dead )
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Proper noun
Hel f
genitive plural of Hela
References
^ Kazimierz Rymut , Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch , editors (1999 ), “Hel”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany (in Polish), volume 3, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN , page 471
Further reading
Hel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego , Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
Hel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Hel in PWN's encyclopedia