"helle" meaning in Middle English

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Proper name

IPA: /ˈhɛl(ə)/ Forms: helles [genitive], helle [genitive]
Etymology: From Old English hell, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|hell}} Old English hell, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*hallju}} Proto-West Germanic *hallju, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*haljō}} Proto-Germanic *haljō Head templates: {{head|enm|proper noun||{{{1}}}|genitive|helles|or|helle|head=}} helle (genitive helles or helle), {{enm-proper noun|gen=helles|gen2=helle}} helle (genitive helles or helle)
  1. Hell (the Christian place of damnation)
    Sense id: en-helle-enm-name-utgEwpBO
  2. Limbo (waiting place for souls) Categories (topical): Mythology, Religion
    Sense id: en-helle-enm-name-6kgSDzcW Disambiguation of Mythology: 29 44 22 3 3 Disambiguation of Religion: 29 51 20 0 0
  3. (by extension) The underworld in Greco-Roman legend. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-helle-enm-name-uSK0Oojf
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hel, hell Synonyms (early): hælle
Disambiguation of 'early': 0 0 0 0 0

Noun

IPA: /ˈhɛl(ə)/ Forms: helles [plural], helles [genitive], helle [genitive]
Etymology: From Old English hell, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms. Etymology templates: {{inh|enm|ang|hell}} Old English hell, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*hallju}} Proto-West Germanic *hallju, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*haljō}} Proto-Germanic *haljō Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} helle, {{enm-noun|gen=helles|gen2=helle}} helle (plural helles, genitive helles or helle)
  1. Death, mortality. Categories (topical): Afterlife
    Sense id: en-helle-enm-noun-l7IFpmN3 Disambiguation of Afterlife: 17 28 13 41 2 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 7 32 14 46 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 28 13 51 2
  2. A place of suffering or evil.
    Sense id: en-helle-enm-noun-mHh8p9NG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: hel, hell Synonyms (early): hælle
Disambiguation of 'early': 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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