Hel
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hel. Cognate with Old English hell (“hell”).
Proper noun[edit]
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[edit]
- (realm of the unheroic dead): Helheim
Translations[edit]
goddess of the realm of the dead
realm of the dead
Further reading[edit]
- Hel (being) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Hel (location) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Fólkvangr on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Valhalla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hel (“hell”). More at Hel.
Proper noun[edit]
Hel
Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse hel (“death, death realm”), whence also hel (“death”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Hel f
- (Norse mythology) Hel, the goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead
- Hypernyms: daudedis, daudenorne, daudemøy
Related terms[edit]
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From hyl or perhaps from Germanic.[1]
Proper noun[edit]
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[edit]
Declension of Hel
Derived terms[edit]
nouns
Etymology 2[edit]
Learned borrowing from Old Norse Hel.
Proper noun[edit]
Hel f (indeclinable)
Etymology 3[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Proper noun[edit]
Hel f
References[edit]
- ^ Kazimierz Rymut, Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, editors (1999), “Hel”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany[1] (in Polish), volume 3, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, page 471
Further reading[edit]
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