Hel meaning

hĕl
The goddess of death and the underworld; the daughter of Loki.
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Loki's daughter, goddess of death and the underworld.
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The underworld to which the dead not killed in battle are sent.
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The underworld of the dead not killed in battle.
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Origin of hel

  • Old Norse kel-1 in Indo-European roots
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Hel Sentence Examples

  • Corresponding to Proserpine as goddess of the dead is the old Norse goddess Hel (Gothic Halja), whom Saxo Grammaticus calls Proserpine.

  • 869; Hel.

  • hel, a Teutonic word from a root meaning "to cover," cf.

  • Mille, Dutch hel), the word used in English both of the place of departed spirits and of the place of torment of the wicked after death.

  • He was the offspring of Loki and the giantess Angurboda, who bore two other children, Midgard the serpent, and Hel the goddess of death.

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