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hel

  • noun [ masculinefeminine ]
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Grammar
hel, hell, helle, e; f.
Substitute: In 1. 22 for ǽfengife l. ǽfengifl, and add:
the lower world, the abode of the dead.
in Jewish and Christian use
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  • 'Leófe dohtor gif ǽnig andgyt sý on helle lǽt þú þæt cwicsúslene hús'. Ðæt mǽden ðá forð eóde . . . and cwæð: ' Dionisia, hál wes þú, ic gréte þé nú of helle gecíged',

    • Ap. Th. 26, 11-16
      • .

  • Dryhten from helle ástág,

    • Gú. 1077
      • .

  • Hí sculon gán libbende on helle

    (in infernum),

    • Past. 429, 24
      • :
    • Ps. Spl. 54, 16
      • .

  • Hafað se hálga helle bereáfod,

    • Cri. 558
      • .
in classical mythology
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  • Þǽre helle hund . . . þæs nama wæs Ceruerus,

    • Bt. 35, 6
      • ;
    • F. 168, 15
      • .

  • Of helle

    ex herebo,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 97, 37
      • :
    • 31, 67
      • .
the abode of the fallen angels, the place of punishment of the wicked after death
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  • Ic wénde ꝥ ꝥ hell (hel, v.l.) wǽre be ðám tintregum unáræf-nendlicum ic oft secgan hýrde . . . ' Nis þis seó hell þe þú wénest,'

    • Bd. 5, 12
      • ;
    • Sch. 617, 11-18
      • .

  • Hwæþer helle sý þe ofer þyssere eorðan þe under þissere eorðan . . . Manige men wénað ꝥ seó hell sý on sumum dǽle þyssere eorðan . . . ꝥ wé hátað helle in gewritum . . . mé is geþúht ꝥ seó ufere hell sý on þissere eorðan, and seó neoþere hell sý under ðissere eorðan,

    • Gr. D. 332, 10-20
      • .

  • Se gífra helle bið á open deóflum and þǽm mannum þe nú be his lárum lifiaþ,

    • Bl. H. 61, 12
      • .

  • Heom

    (the fallen angels)

    wearð hyll gegearwod,

    • Wlfst. 8, 8
      • .

  • Geatt helles

    portae inferi,

    • Mt. L. 16, 18.

  • Tó botme helle þǽre hátan,

    • Gen. 363
      • .

  • Þǽre stýlenan helle,

    • Sal. 490
      • .

  • Tó þám (þǽre, v.l.) deópan helle,

    • Hml. S. 27, 159
      • .

  • Þæs þú in helle scealt werhðo dreógan,

    • B. 588
      • .

  • On þǽre fýrenan helle.

    • Bl. H. 45, 5.

  • Wið þone weallendan bryne þe weallað on helle,

    • Ll. Th. i. 364, 13
      • .

  • In helle

    (in inferno)

    áhóf ðá égo his mið ðý wére in tintergum,

    • Lk. L. 16, 23
      • .

  • Ne sceal nán man wénan ꝥ æalla þá þe on helle beóð habban gelíc wíte.

    • Solil. H. 65, 21.

  • Tó þǽre sweartan helle,

    • Hml. S. 4, 290
      • .

  • Hylle,

    • Sae. 338
      • :
    • 717
      • .

  • Satan . . . helle forð healdan sceolde,

    • Gen. 348
      • .

  • Þá sweartan helle, grǽdige and gífre,

    • 792.

  • Helle, morðorhúsa mǽst, fýres fulle,

    • Cri. 1624
      • .
used personally
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  • Hell ongeat ꝥ se Scyppend cwóm, þá heó ꝥ weorud ágeaf,

    • Cri. 1160
      • .

  • Nales hel

    (infernus)

    ondetteð ðé,

    • Ps. Srt. ii. p. 185, 23.
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v. níþ-hell.
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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/52179.

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