Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hel

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables
hel
IPA
6
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða.

name

The realm of the dead who did not die in combat, ruled by the goddess and located in Niflheim (one of the Nine Realms).

name

A diminutive of the female given name Helen.

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Hela (alternative) Hell (alternative)

Synonyms

Helheim

Questions

What does hel mean?
The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða.
Where does hel come from?
It is traced to Old Norse.

How to pronounce hel

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