helvede
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Noun
[edit]helvede n (singular definite helvedet, plural indefinite helveder)
- a hell