helvede

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse helvíti, from Hel, hel (“the goddess of the realm of the dead”) (itself from Proto-Germanic *haljō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”)) + víti (“punishment”). Compare Norwegian and Swedish helvete, Icelandic and Faroese helvíti, also Old English hellewīte.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛlvedə/, [ˈhɛ̝lvð̩ə]

Noun

helvede n (singular definite helvedet, plural indefinite helveder)

a hell

Derived terms

for helvede
helvedes
i helvede

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.