Definitions for Hel

Hel Hel

Spelling: [hel]
IPA: /hɛl/

Hel is a 3 letter English word.

You can make 13 anagrams from letters in Hel (ehl).

Definitions for Hel

noun

  1. the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.
  2. the home of the dead; Niflheim.

Origin of Hel

From Old Norse; See origin at hell

Examples for Hel

Gisli answered: "The fire is hottest to him who is in it; it is ill dealing with men from Hel."

Hel, the daughter of Loki and of Angrbotha, was queen of this dark domain.

He was dead; his body was as black as Hel and swollen to the size of an ox.

The word 'Hel' is from 'hl,' a heel, because the horse lacked one hoof or heel.

The place there, was so dark as Hel, and impossible for him to know his Wyfe.

Venus herself is like the Christian conception of Freya and Hel.

He has already crossed the bridge and taken his journey northward to Hel.

The root is Hel- or hul- to cover, and is seen in the O. Eng.

"The pronunciation of 'Hel' in Danish is as if it were spelt in English as 'hl'" said Hardy.

On one side, led by Loki, will fight the hosts of Hel; on the other Odin and his followers.

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