hellewite

Old English

Alternative forms
  • helleƿīte

Etymology

From hell +‎ wīte, like Old Saxon helliwīti (“hell-torment”), Old High German hellawīzi (“gehenna, tartara”), Old Norse helvíti (Danish helvede (“hell”), Norwegian and Swedish helvete, Icelandic helvíti).

Noun

hellewīte n

  1. Hell-punishment, torment, pain
    Mid heardum hellewītum — with hard hell-punishment

References
  • 1916, John R. Clark, "A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students", hellewite
  • Bosworth, J. (2010, March 21). An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online (T. N. Toller & Others, Eds.), hellwite
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