Hel

• Hela, Hell

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

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).

• (realm of the unheroic dead): Helheim

• Hel (being) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hel (location) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Fólkvangr on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Valhalla on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• LHE, LHe, Leh

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

Hel

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

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

• IPA^(key): [hɛ̝ːl], [hɛ̝ːɽ]
• Homophone: hel

Hel f

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

   Hypernyms: daudedis, daudenorne, daudemøy

• helheim(en)

• IPA^(key): /xɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl
• Syllabification: Hel
• Homophone: hel

From hyl or perhaps from Germanic.[1]

Hel m inan (related adjective helski)

1. Hel (a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland)
2. (colloquial) Hel Peninsula (a peninsula in Poland)

   Synonyms: Mierzeja Helska, Półwysep Helski

Learned borrowing from Old Norse Hel.

Hel f (indeclinable)

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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Hel f

1. genitive plural of Hela

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