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hel-shoes

hel-shoes noun: shoes that were purportedly placed on the dead so that they could walk to Valhalla.

Noun

hel-shoes pl (plural only)

  1. (Norse, plural, plural-only) Shoes that were purportedly placed on the dead so that they could walk to Valhalla.

Questions about hel-shoes

What does hel-shoes mean?
Hel-shoes means shoes that were purportedly placed on the dead so that they could walk to Valhalla.
What part of speech is hel-shoes?
Hel-shoes is a noun.

Words near hel-shoes in the dictionary

  1. Hektorean
  2. Hektorian
  3. Hel
  4. hel bent
  5. hel-bent
  6. hel-shoes
  7. Hela
  8. HeLa cell
  9. HeLa cells
  10. helado
  11. helados

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