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Hel

noun

(Norse mythology) goddess of the dead and queen of the underworld

• Syn: ↑Hela

• Topics: ↑Norse mythology

• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Norse deity

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/hel/, n. Scand. Myth.

1. the goddess ruling Niflheim: a daughter of Loki and Angerboda.

2. the home of the dead; Niflheim.

[ ON; see HELL]

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Hel «hehl», noun. Norse Mythology.

1. the goddess of death and of the lower world, daughter of Loki.

2. the lower world, inhabited by those who died of disease or old age.

╂[< Old Icelandic Hel. Compare etym. under hell.]

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hel

obs. form of heal, hele, hell.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.