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HEL

  • noun [ feminine ]
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HEL, hell, helle; e; f.
HELL, the place of souls after death, Hades, the infernal regions, the place of the wicked after death
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  • Helle

    infernus,

    • Ælfc. Gl. 54; Som. 63, 103; Wrt. Voc. 36, 24
      • :
    • Ælfc. Gr. 8; Som. 11, 34.

  • Satanas ðære helle ealdor cwæþ tó ðære helle ... Seó hell swíðe grymme andswarode

    Satan the ruler of Hell said to Hell ... Hell answered very fiercely,

    • Nicod. 26; Thw. 13, 32, 40.

  • In ðæt háte hof ðam is hel nama

    into that hot abode whose name is hell,

    • Cd. 217; Th. 276, 24; Sat. 193.

  • Ðonne heofon and hel hæleþa bearnum fylde weorþeþ

    when heaven and hell shall be filled with the children of men,

    • Exon. 35 a; Th. 97, 17; Cri. 1592.

  • Hel nimeþ wǽrleásra weorud

    hell shall take the host of the faithless,

    • 31 b; Th. 98, 26; Cri. 1613.

  • Him hel onféng

    hell received him,

    • Beo. Th. 1709; B. 852.

  • Helle gatu

    portæ inferi,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 16, 18.

  • Helle bearn

    filium gehennæ,

    • 23, 15.

  • Fýr byrnþ óð helle endas

    a fire shall burn unto the lowest hell,

    • Deut. 32, 22.

  • Óð helle

    in infernum,

    • Mt. Kmbl. 11, 23.

  • For ðam ða deádan ðe on helle beóþ ðín ne gemunan ne ðé andetaþ swá swá wé dóþ

    quoniam non est in morte qui memor sit tui: in inferno quis confitebitur tibi,

    • Ps. Th. 6, 4.

  • On ðære sweartan helle

    in the black hell,

    • Cd. 35; Th. 47, 16; Gen. 761.

  • Hig intó helle cuce síðodon

    they went down alive into the pit,

    • Num. 16, 33.

  • Ic fare tó mínum sunu tó helle

    I will go down into the grave unto my son,

    • Gen. 37, 35.

  • Uton nú brúcan ðisses undernmetes swá ða sculon ðe hióra ǽfengife on helle gefeccean sculon

    prandete tanquam apud inferos cænaturi,

    • Ors. 2, 5; Swt. 86, 2.

  • Swá ðæt fýr on ðære helle seó is on ðam munte ðe Ætne hátte

    as the fire on the hell that is in mount Ætna,

    • Bt. 15; Fox 48, 20.

  • Hire sáwle mon sceolde lǽdan tó helle

    her soul was to be conducted to hell,

    • 35, 6; Fox 168, 5.
Etymology
[
Goth. halja Hades
:
O. Sax. hel, hellia
:
O. Frs. hille
:
Icel. hel (local and personal)
:
O. H. Ger. hella gehenna, infernus, baratrum
:
Ger. hölle
.]
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v.
  • Grm. D. M. 288-92: 760-7.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “HEL.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/18609.

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