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Hel

Hel proper noun: the goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða.

hel: the goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða
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Proper noun (1)

Hel

  1. (Norse) The goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða.
  2. (Norse) The realm of the dead who did not die in combat, ruled by the goddess and located in Niflheim (one of the Nine Realms).
    Synonyms:
    Helheim

Proper noun (2)

Hel

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Helen.
    • They call me Hel, they call me Stacey / They call me "her", they call me Jane2007, Jules De Martino, Katie White, “That's Not My Name”, performed by The Ting Tings

Hel meaning in Tamil and Marathi

Hel in Tamil

மனித கரு நுரையீரல்

Hel in Marathi

goddess of the realm of the dead
हेल hel
realm of the dead
हेल hel

Synonyms of Hel

Forms of Hel

alternative formHela
alternative formHell

Origin of Hel

From Old Norse hel. Cognate with Old English hell (“hell”).

Phrases with Hel

Questions about Hel

What does Hel mean?
Hel means the goddess of the realm of the unheroic dead, a daughter of Loki by the jotun Angrboða.
What is Hel in Tamil?
Hel in Tamil is மனித கரு நுரையீரல். See Hel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Hel?
Hel is a proper noun.

Words near Hel in the dictionary

  1. hektographing
  2. hektographs
  3. hektography
  4. Hektorean
  5. Hektorian
  6. Hel
  7. hel bent
  8. hel-bent
  9. hel-shoes
  10. Hela
  11. HeLa cell

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Hel (page history and authors); hel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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