English

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A depiction of Hel by Johannes Gehrts, 1889

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hel. Cognate with Old English hell (hell).

Proper noun

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Hel

  1. (religion, Norse mythology) The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða.
  2. (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

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  • (realm of the unheroic dead): Helheim

Translations

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hel (hell). More at Hel.

Proper noun

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Hel

  1. Hel (goddess)
  2. Hel (realm)

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse hel (death, death realm), whence also hel (death).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Hel f

  1. (Norse mythology) Hel, the goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead
    Hypernyms: daudedis, daudenorne, daudemøy
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Polish

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Hel

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxɛl/
  • Audio 1:(file)
  • Audio 2:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛl
  • Syllabification: Hel
  • Homophone: hel

Etymology 1

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From hyl or perhaps from Germanic.[1]

Proper noun

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Hel m inan (related adjective helski, demonym helanin, female demonym helanka)

  1. Hel (a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
  2. (colloquial) Hel Peninsula (a peninsula in Poland)
    Synonyms: Mierzeja Helska, Półwysep Helski
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Etymology 2

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Learned borrowing from Old Norse Hel.

Proper noun

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Hel f (indeclinable)

  1. (Norse mythology) Hel (goddess of the realm of the dead)
  2. (Norse mythology) Hel (realm of the dead)

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Proper noun

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Hel f

  1. genitive plural of Hela

References

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  1. ^ Kazimierz Rymut, Urszula Bijak, Barbara Czopek-Kopciuch, editors (1999), “Hel”, in Nazwy miejscowe Polski: historia, pochodzenie, zmiany (in Polish), volume 3, Kraków: Wydawnictwo Instytutu Języka Polskiego PAN, →ISBN, page 471

Further reading

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  • Hel in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Hel in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Hel in PWN's encyclopedia
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