heill
Appearance
Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Adjective
[edit]heill (comparative heilli, superlative heilastur)
- healthy
- Synonym: heilbrigður
- complete, entire, whole
- Synonym: allur
- Þetta tók heilt ár!
- This took a whole year!
- undamaged, in one piece
- Synonym: óskaddaður
Declension
[edit]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 |
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
[edit]Derived terms
- heill á geði
- heill á húfi (“safe and sound”)
- heill og sæll (“welcome!”)
- heil tala (“an integer”)
- 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
[edit]heill f (genitive singular heillar, nominative plural heillir) or (in fixed expressions)
heill n pl (plural only, genitive plural heilla)
- 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
[edit]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)
Derived terms
[edit]Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”).
Adjective
[edit]heill
- whole
- healthy, hale
- heill sé þú
- may you be hale
- (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.
- 900s–1000s, Anonymous, Sigrdrífumál (‘the speeches of Sigrdrífa’), stanza 3
Declension
[edit] Strong declension of heill
Weak declension of heill
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
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- Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse
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- Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/eitl
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- Old Norse lemmas
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