Noun: hell
Gender: f
Nominative
| Singular | hell |
| Plural | hella; helle |
Genitive
| Singular | helle |
| Plural | hella |
Dative
| Singular | helle |
| Plural | hellum |
Accusative
| Singular | helle |
| Plural | hella; helle |
Sample Sentences
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Homilies of the Anglo-Saxon Church, quoting "Circumdederunt me gemitus"
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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.)
Nouns inflected like hell
hwistlung,
serfis,
beofung,
ypping,
leornung,
syfling,
fyrding,
herebeorg,
hlacerung,
hæftnung,
setlung,
delfing,
feldwyrt,
cnyssung,
feltwyrt,
predicung,
samnung,
bisgung,
feormung,
brytsen, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).
2. Compare German Hölle (“hell”). See: German Nouns '
Hölle'.
Verbs referencing "hell"
Middle English Nouns
helle.
Translations