Hel

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "hel"

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

  1. (religion, Norse mythology) The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða.
  2. (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

Further reading

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hel (“hell”). More at Hel.

Proper noun

Hel

  1. Hel (goddess)
  2. Hel (realm)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

From Old Norse hel (“death, death realm”), whence also hel (“death”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hel f

  1. (Norse mythology) Hel, the goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead
    Hypernyms: daudedis, daudenorne, daudemøy

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Hel

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɛl/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Syllabification: Hel
  • Homophone: hel

Etymology 1

From hyl or perhaps from Germanic.[1]

Proper noun

Hel m inan (related adjective helski, demonym helanin, female demonym helanka)

  1. Hel (a city in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
  2. (colloquial) Hel Peninsula (a peninsula in Poland)
    Synonyms: Mierzeja Helska, Półwysep Helski
Declension
Declension of Hel
singular
nominative Hel
genitive Helu
dative Helowi
accusative Hel
instrumental Helem
locative Helu
vocative Helu

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Hel.

Proper noun

Hel f (indeclinable)

  1. (Norse mythology) Hel (goddess of the realm of the dead)
  2. (Norse mythology) Hel (realm of the dead)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

Hel f

  1. genitive plural of Hela

References

  1. ^ 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

Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Icelandic hel, from Old Norse hel, from Proto-Germanic *haljō

Proper noun

Hel

  1. (Norse mythology) Hel (the underworld)
  2. (Norse mythology) Hel (the goddess who rules the underworld)

References

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