Hel
Old Icelandic Dictionary - helMeaning 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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