Old English · noun
hell
- Part of speech
- noun, feminine
- Declension
- strong ō-stem
- IPA
- /xell/[heɫ]
- Syllables
- xell (1 syllable)
- Modern English
- hell
Meaning
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hell
Dēaþes ġeōmerunga mē beēodon, and helle sārnyssa mē beēodon, and iċ on mīnre ġedrefednysse Drihten clypode, and hē of his hālgan temple mīne stemne ġehyrde.
The moaning of death surrounded me, and the pains of hell surrounded me, and in my distress I called out to the Lord, and from his holy temple he heard my voice.
Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, quoting "Circumdederunt me gemitus"
Declension
All forms (4)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”). Compare German Hölle (“hell”).
Descendants
hell
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