helvíti

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse helvíti, from Hel, hel (“the goddess of the realm of the dead”) (itself from Proto-Germanic *haljō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”)) + víti (“punishment”). Compare Faroese helviti, Norwegian and Swedish helvete, Danish helvede, also Old English hellewīte. Hel is the equivalent of Hades in Greek mythology.

Pronunciation

Noun

helvíti n (genitive singular helvítis, nominative plural helvíti)

  1. hell (place of punishment)

Declension

Declension of helvíti (neuter)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative helvíti helvítið helvíti helvítin
accusative helvíti helvítið helvíti helvítin
dative helvíti helvítinu helvítum helvítunum
genitive helvítis helvítisins helvíta helvítanna

Derived terms

Adverb

helvíti

  1. darn, damn (curse word used for emphasis, often positive)
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:andskoti
    Þetta er helvíti flott! ― That's darn well impressive!
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