hell

hell (nominative singular)
hella (nominative plural)
helle (nominative plural)
helle (accusative singular)
hella (accusative plural)
helle (accusative plural)
helle (genitive singular)
hella (genitive plural)
helle (dative singular)
hellum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: helle, hel, hell, hælle
English: hell, Hell
Scots: hell, Hell

From Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).
Compare German hell (“light”).


gigant

gīgant (canonical masculine)
gīgant (nominative singular)
gīgantas (nominative plural)
gīgant (accusative singular)
gīgantas (accusative plural)
gīgantes (genitive singular)
gīganta (genitive plural)
gīgante (dative singular)
gīgantum (dative plural)

a giant (mythical being of superhuman size)


þyrs

þyrs (nominative singular)
þyrsas (nominative plural)
þyrs (accusative singular)
þyrsas (accusative plural)
þyrses (genitive singular)
þyrsa (genitive plural)
þyrse (dative singular)
þyrsum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: thurs, thirs, thrisse, thrusse, thurse, thursse, thyrce, þurs
English: thurse

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *þuris, from Proto-Germanic *þurisaz. Cognate with Old High German duris (“demon”), Old Saxon thuris (“the rune þ”), Old Norse þurs (“giant”).

inh+

Exeter Book, Riddle 40, 62-63 (late 10th century)

I can gorge more greedily / and eat at least as much as an old giant

Ic mēsan mæg meahtelīcor / ond efnetan ealdum þyrse

Maxims II, 42-43 (early 11th century)

The monster must live in the fen / alone in its land.

Þyrs sceal on fenne gewunian / ana innan lande.


fifel

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fīfel m or n (nominative plural fīfelas or fīfel)

fīfel (canonical masculine neuter)
fīfelas (nominative plural)
fīfel (nominative plural)
fīfel (nominative singular)
fīfelas (nominative plural)
fīfel (accusative singular)
fīfelas (accusative plural)
fīfeles (genitive singular)
fīfela (genitive plural)
fīfele (dative singular)
fīfelum (dative plural)
fīfel (nominative singular)
fīfel (nominative plural)
fīfel (accusative singular)
fīfel (accusative plural)
fīfeles (genitive singular)
fīfela (genitive plural)
fīfele (dative singular)
fīfelum (dative plural)

From Proto-Germanic *fimbulaz and Proto-Germanic *fimfilaz. Cognate with Old Norse fimbul- (“mighty, great”) and Old Norse fífl (“fool, idiot, buffoon”).


fenix

fēnix (canonical masculine)
fēnix (nominative singular)
fēnixas (nominative plural)
fēnix (accusative singular)
fēnixas (accusative plural)
fēnixes (genitive singular)
fēnixa (genitive plural)
fēnixe (dative singular)
fēnixum (dative plural)

English: phoenix

From Latin phoenīx, from Ancient Greek φοῖνιξ (phoînix), from Egyptian bnw (boinu, “grey heron”).


nicor

nicoras (nominative plural)
nicor (nominative singular)
nicoras (nominative plural)
nicor (accusative singular)
nicoras (accusative plural)
nicores (genitive singular)
nicora (genitive plural)
nicore (dative singular)
nicorum (dative plural)

Middle English: niker, nycker

English: nicker, nickel

From Proto-Germanic *nikwus, *nikwis, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *neygʷ- (“to wash”). Cognate with Middle Dutch necker (Dutch nikker (“demon”)), Old High German nicchus (German Nix (“water sprite”)), Old Norse nykr (Faroese nykur, Swedish näck).


anhorn

ānhorn (canonical masculine)
ānhorn (nominative singular)
ānhornas (nominative plural)
ānhorn (accusative singular)
ānhornas (accusative plural)
ānhornes (genitive singular)
ānhorna (genitive plural)
ānhorne (dative singular)
ānhornum (dative plural)

From Proto-West Germanic *ainahorn, a calque of Latin ūnicornis. Equivalent to ān + horn.


Orfeus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ὀρφεύς (Orpheús).


hellewite

hellewīte (canonical neuter)
hellewīte (nominative singular)
hellewītu (nominative plural)
hellewīte (accusative singular)
hellewītu (accusative plural)
hellewītes (genitive singular)
hellewīta (genitive plural)
hellewīte (dative singular)
hellewītum (dative plural)

Middle English: hellewite, helle wite

From Proto-West Germanic *halljuwītī, from Proto-Germanic *haljōwītiją. Equivalent to hell (“hell”) + wīte (“punishment”).

the torments of hell; eternal punishment, hellfire


nihtgenga

nihtgenġa (canonical masculine)
nihtgenġa (nominative singular)
nihtgenġan (nominative plural)
nihtgenġan (accusative singular)
nihtgenġan (accusative plural)
nihtgenġan (genitive singular)
nihtgenġena (genitive plural)
nihtgenġan (dative singular)
nihtgenġum (dative plural)


draca

draca (nominative singular)
dracan (nominative plural)
dracan (accusative singular)
dracan (accusative plural)
dracan (genitive singular)
dracena (genitive plural)
dracan (dative singular)
dracum (dative plural)

Middle English: drake
English: drake

dracan ācwellan


Wyrd

The word wyrd used as a name. From Proto-Germanic *wurdiz (“fate”). Cognate with Old Norse Urðr (“one of the three Norns”).


liegdraca

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līeġdraca m (nominative plural līeġdracan)

līeġdraca (canonical masculine)
līeġdracan (nominative plural)
līeġdraca (nominative singular)
līeġdracan (nominative plural)
līeġdracan (accusative singular)
līeġdracan (accusative plural)
līeġdracan (genitive singular)
līeġdracena (genitive plural)
līeġdracan (dative singular)
līeġdracum (dative plural)


Mimming

Mimming (nominative singular)
Mimming (accusative singular)
Mimminges (genitive singular)
Mimminge (dative singular)

(mythology) a sword forged by Weland, a smith of legend


Weland

Wēland (canonical masculine)
Wēland (nominative singular)
Wēland (accusative singular)
Wēlandes (genitive singular)
Wēlande (dative singular)

Compare Old Norse Vǫlundr and the Latin phrase Wielandia fabrica (“Waylandian craftsmanship”) (Waltharius), which corresponds to the Anglo-Saxon phrase Wēlandes weorc in the poem Waldere.

Þā sæt Wēland and smiðode þām cyninge ǣlċe dæġe of golde and of seolfre and of ǣlcum ōðrum þinge þe man smiðian mæġ.

Wayland sat there and forged for the king every day of gold and of silver and of everything that can be forged.

unknown date, unknown author, "Waldere," lines 2-5

Surely Wayland's work shall not fail any man holding Mimung in hand: often in battle warrior after warrior has fallen bloodstained at the hard sword.

Hūru Wēlandes weorc ne ġeswīcþ manna ǣnigum þāra þe Mimming cann heardne ġehealdan: oft æt hilde ġedrēas swātfāh and sweordwund seċġ æfter seċġum.

late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
Hwǣr sind nū þæs wīsan Wēlandes bān þæs goldsmiðes þe wæs ġeō mǣrest? Hwā wāt nū on hwelcum hlǣwa hrusan hīe þeċċen?

Where are now the bones of the wise Wayland, the goldsmith who long ago was so renowned? Who knows in which mound they cover the earthen floor?


ielfadl

ielfādl (canonical feminine)
ielfādl (nominative singular)
ielfādla (nominative plural)
ielfādle (nominative plural)
ielfādle (accusative singular)
ielfādla (accusative plural)
ielfādle (accusative plural)
ielfādle (genitive singular)
ielfādla (genitive plural)
ielfādle (dative singular)
ielfādlum (dative plural)


ielfcynn

ielfcynn (nominative singular)
ielfcynn (accusative singular)
ielfcynnes (genitive singular)
ielfcynne (dative singular)

From Proto-Germanic *albikunją. Cognate with Old Norse alfakyn. Equivalent to ielf (“elf”) + cynn (“race”). Compare mancynn (“humanity”), which is formed similarly.


ielf

ielf (nominative singular)
ielfe (nominative plural)
ielf (accusative singular)
ielfe (accusative plural)
ielfes (genitive singular)
ielfa (genitive plural)
ielfe (dative singular)
ielfum (dative plural)

desctree

Middle English: elf, elfe, helfe
English: elf (see there for further descendants)
Scots: elf
Yola: elf


landielf

landielf (nominative singular)
landielfa (nominative plural)
landielfe (nominative plural)
landielfe (accusative singular)
landielfa (accusative plural)
landielfe (accusative plural)
landielfe (genitive singular)
landielfa (genitive plural)
landielfe (dative singular)
landielfum (dative plural)

Ruricolas musas: landælfe

manuscript c. 930s, Third Cleopatra Glossary, glossing Aldhelm's Carmen de Virginitate lines 23-25: Non rogo ruricolas versus et commata Musas ('I do not ask country-dwelling Muses for verses and parts of lines')

(hapax) muse associated with the countryside


sædraca

sǣdraca (canonical masculine)
sǣdraca (nominative singular)
sǣdracan (nominative plural)
sǣdracan (accusative singular)
sǣdracan (accusative plural)
sǣdracan (genitive singular)
sǣdracena (genitive plural)
sǣdracan (dative singular)
sǣdracum (dative plural)

Compound of sǣ (“sea”) + draca (“dragon”).


fyrdraca

(mythical creature) firedragon, firedrake


hellehund

hellehund (nominative singular)
hellehundas (nominative plural)
hellehund (accusative singular)
hellehundas (accusative plural)
hellehundes (genitive singular)
hellehunda (genitive plural)
hellehunde (dative singular)
hellehundum (dative plural)

From helle (“hell”) + hund (“dog, hound”)


hellcund

hellcund (masculine nominative singular)
hellcund (feminine nominative singular)
hellcund (neuter nominative singular)
hellcundne (accusative masculine singular)
hellcunde (accusative feminine singular)
hellcund (accusative neuter singular)
hellcundes (genitive masculine singular)
hellcundre (feminine genitive singular)
hellcundes (genitive neuter singular)
hellcundum (dative masculine singular)
hellcundre (dative feminine singular)
hellcundum (dative neuter singular)
hellcunde (instrumental masculine singular)
hellcundre (feminine instrumental singular)
hellcunde (instrumental neuter singular)
hellcunde (masculine nominative plural)
hellcunda (feminine nominative plural)
hellcunde (feminine nominative plural)
hellcund (neuter nominative plural)
hellcunde (accusative masculine plural)
hellcunda (accusative feminine plural)
hellcunde (accusative feminine plural)
hellcund (accusative neuter plural)
hellcundra (genitive masculine plural)
hellcundra (feminine genitive plural)
hellcundra (genitive neuter plural)
hellcundum (dative masculine plural)
hellcundum (dative feminine plural)
hellcundum (dative neuter plural)
hellcundum (instrumental masculine plural)
hellcundum (feminine instrumental plural)
hellcundum (instrumental neuter plural)
hellcunda (masculine nominative singular)
hellcunde (feminine nominative singular)
hellcunde (neuter nominative singular)
hellcundan (accusative masculine singular)
hellcundan (accusative feminine singular)
hellcunde (accusative neuter singular)
hellcundan (genitive masculine singular)
hellcundan (feminine genitive singular)
hellcundan (genitive neuter singular)
hellcundan (dative masculine singular)
hellcundan (dative feminine singular)
hellcundan (dative neuter singular)
hellcundan (instrumental masculine singular)
hellcundan (feminine instrumental singular)
hellcundan (instrumental neuter singular)
hellcundan (masculine nominative plural)
hellcundan (feminine nominative plural)
hellcundan (neuter nominative plural)
hellcundan (accusative masculine plural)
hellcundan (accusative feminine plural)
hellcundan (accusative neuter plural)
hellcundra (genitive masculine plural)
hellcundena (genitive masculine plural)
hellcundra (feminine genitive plural)
hellcundena (feminine genitive plural)
hellcundra (genitive neuter plural)
hellcundena (genitive neuter plural)
hellcundum (dative masculine plural)
hellcundum (dative feminine plural)
hellcundum (dative neuter plural)
hellcundum (instrumental masculine plural)
hellcundum (feminine instrumental plural)
hellcundum (instrumental neuter plural)


fagwyrm

fāgwyrm (canonical masculine)
fāgwyrm (nominative singular)
fāgwyrmas (nominative plural)
fāgwyrm (accusative singular)
fāgwyrmas (accusative plural)
fāgwyrmes (genitive singular)
fāgwyrma (genitive plural)
fāgwyrme (dative singular)
fāgwyrmum (dative plural)

From fāg (“multicolored, pied”) + wyrm (“worm”)


gigantmæcg

gīgantmæċġ (canonical masculine)
gīgantmæċġ (nominative singular)
gīgantmæċġas (nominative plural)
gīgantmæċġ (accusative singular)
gīgantmæċġas (accusative plural)
gīgantmæċġes (genitive singular)
gīgantmæċġa (genitive plural)
gīgantmæċġe (dative singular)
gīgantmæċġum (dative plural)

[ˈɡiː.ɣɑntˌmæd͡ʒ]


meremenin

English: mermin


meremennen

English: mermin


eorþdraca

eorþdraca (nominative singular)
eorþdracan (nominative plural)
eorþdracan (accusative singular)
eorþdracan (accusative plural)
eorþdracan (genitive singular)
eorþdracena (genitive plural)
eorþdracan (dative singular)
eorþdracum (dative plural)

Compound of eorþ (“earth”) + draca (“dragon”).


guþfloga

/ˈɡuːθˌflo.ɡɑ/

[ˈɡuːθˌflo.ɣɑ]