Hel

Old Icelandic Dictionary - hel

Meaning of Old Icelandic word "hel" in English.

As defined by A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic (Geir Zoëga):

hel Old Icelandic word can mean:

hel
(gen. ~jar, dat. ~ju), f.
hel
1) Hel (the goddess of death);
hel
blár sem ~, black as Hel;
hel
2) abode of the dead (gráta Baldr ór ~ju);
hel
leysa höfuð sitt ór ~ju, to save oneself from death;
hel
rasa í ~ina opna, to rush into open death;
hel
liggja á ~jar þremi, to be on the verge of death;
hel
3) death (þykkir ekki betra líf en ~);
hel
berja e-n grjóti í ~, to stone one to death.

Possible runic inscription in Younger Futhark:ᚼᛁᛚ

Abbreviations used:

dat.
dative.
f.
feminine.
gen.
genitive.
n.
neuter.

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