heill

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse heill (compare Faroese heilur, Norwegian Nynorsk heil Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, and Swedish hel), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (compare English whole, hale, Dutch heel, German heil), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /heitl/

  Rhymes: -eitl

Adjective

heill (comparative heilli, superlative heilastur)

1. healthy

   Synonym: heilbrigður

2. complete, entire, whole

   Synonym: allur

   Þetta tók heilt ár!

   This took a whole year!

3. undamaged, in one piece

   Synonym: óskaddaður

Declension

positive forms of heill

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	heill	heil	heilt
	accusative	heilan	heila
	dative	heilum	heilli	heilu
	genitive	heils	heillar	heils
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	heilir	heilar	heil
	accusative	heila
	dative	heilum
	genitive	heilla
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	heili	heila	heila
	acc/dat/gen	heila	heilu
	plural (all-case)	heilu

comparative forms of heill

weak declension (definite)		masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular (all-case)	heilli	heilli	heilla
	plural (all-case)	heilli

superlative forms of heill

strong declension (indefinite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	heilastur	heilust	heilast
	accusative	heilastan	heilasta
	dative	heilustum	heilastri	heilustu
	genitive	heilasts	heilastrar	heilasts
	plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	heilastir	heilastar	heilust
	accusative	heilasta
	dative	heilustum
	genitive	heilastra
weak declension (definite)	singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
	nominative	heilasti	heilasta	heilasta
	acc/dat/gen	heilasta	heilustu
	plural (all-case)	heilustu

Derived terms

• heil tala (“an integer”)
• heill á geði
• heill á húfi (“safe and sound”)
• heill og sæll (“welcome!”)
• heilu og höldnu (“safe and sound”)
• með heilum hug
• ráða heilt (“to give sound advice”)
• taka aldrei á heilum sér (“to be always in bad health”)

Noun

heill f (genitive singular heillar, nominative plural heillir) or (in fixed expressions)
heill n pl (plural only, genitive plural heilla)

1. success, luck, happiness

   árna/óska einhverjum heilla ― to wish someone luck

   heillin (mín) (in direct address) ― my dear

   vera til heilla ― to be for the best

   vera heillum horfinn ― to be out of luck

   ... góðu heilli ― luckily

   ... illu heilli ― unfortunately

Declension

Declension of heill (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	heill	heillin	heillir	heillirnar
accusative	heill	heillina	heillir	heillirnar
dative	heill	heillinni	heillum	heillunum
genitive	heillar	heillarinnar	heilla	heillanna

or (in fixed expressions)

Declension of heill (pl-only neuter)

	plural
	indefinite	definite
nominative	heill	heillin
accusative	heill	heillin
dative	heillum	heillunum
genitive	heilla	heillanna

Derived terms

• árna heilla
• illu heilli

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hęill

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”).

Adjective

heill

1. whole
2. healthy, hale

   heill sé þú

   may you be hale

3. (before a noun, agreeing with it) hail (interjection)
   • 900s–1000s, Anonymous, Sigrdrífumál (‘the speeches of Sigrdrífa’), stanza 3

     Heill dagr! / Heilir dags synir!
     Heill nótt ok nipt!
     óreiðum augum / litið okkr þinig
     ok gefið sitjǫndum sigr!

     Hail the day! Hail the sons of day! Hail night and her kinswoman! With friendly eyes look ye hither upon us two, and give the sitting ones victory.

Declension

Strong declension of heill

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heill	heil	heilt
accusative	heilan	heila	heilt
dative	heilum	heilli	heilu
genitive	heils	heillar	heils
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heilir	heilar	heil
accusative	heila	heilar	heil
dative	heilum	heilum	heilum
genitive	heilla	heilla	heilla

Weak declension of heill

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heili	heila	heila
accusative	heila	heilu	heila
dative	heila	heilu	heila
genitive	heila	heilu	heila
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heilu	heilu	heilu
accusative	heilu	heilu	heilu
dative	heilum	heilum	heilum
genitive	heilu	heilu	heilu

Declension of comparative of heill

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heilari	heilari	heilara
accusative	heilara	heilari	heilara
dative	heilara	heilari	heilara
genitive	heilara	heilari	heilara
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heilari	heilari	heilari
accusative	heilari	heilari	heilari
dative	heilurum	heilurum	heilurum
genitive	heilari	heilari	heilari

Strong declension of superlative of heill

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heilastr	heilust	heilast
accusative	heilastan	heilasta	heilast
dative	heilustum	heilastri	heilustu
genitive	heilasts	heilastrar	heilasts
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heilastir	heilastar	heilust
accusative	heilasta	heilastar	heilust
dative	heilustum	heilustum	heilustum
genitive	heilastra	heilastra	heilastra

Weak declension of superlative of heill

singular	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heilasti	heilasta	heilasta
accusative	heilasta	heilustu	heilasta
dative	heilasta	heilustu	heilasta
genitive	heilasta	heilustu	heilasta
plural	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	heilustu	heilustu	heilustu
accusative	heilustu	heilustu	heilustu
dative	heilustum	heilustum	heilustum
genitive	heilustu	heilustu	heilustu

Descendants

• Icelandic: heill
• Faroese: heilur
• Norwegian Nynorsk: heil
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: heil
• Old Swedish: hēl
  • Swedish: hel
• Old Danish: hel, hiæl
  • Danish: hel
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hel
• → Middle English: heil
  • English: hail
  • Scots: hail