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"1": "enm",
"2": "helle"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: helle, hel, hell; hælle\nEnglish: hell, Hell\nScots: hell, Hell",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: helle, hel, hell; hælle\nEnglish: hell, Hell\nScots: hell, Hell"
}
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},
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"name": "inh"
},
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"2": "gem-pro",
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},
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},
{
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"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*ḱel-",
"4": "",
"5": "to cover, hide, conceal"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "de",
"2": "hell",
"3": "",
"4": "light"
},
"expansion": "German hell (“light”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).\nCompare German hell (“light”).",
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ō-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "hell",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hella",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "helle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "helle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hella",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "helle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "helle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hella",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "helle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hellum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "hell f",
"name": "head"
},
{
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},
"expansion": "hell f",
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{
"args": {
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"2": "hella,helle",
"3": "helle",
"4": "hella,helle",
"5": "helle",
"6": "hella",
"7": "helle",
"8": "hellum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong ō-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Old English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "ang",
"name": "Hell",
"orig": "ang:Hell",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "hellcund"
},
{
"english": "gate of hell",
"word": "helldor"
},
{
"english": "hellfire",
"word": "hellefȳr"
},
{
"english": "sorceress",
"word": "hellrūn"
},
{
"word": "hellewīte"
},
{
"english": "hellhound",
"word": "hellehund"
}
],
"glosses": [
"hell"
],
"id": "en-hell-ang-noun-Dr3DMXt1",
"links": [
[
"hell",
"hell#English"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "hel"
}
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/xell/"
},
{
"ipa": "[heɫ]"
}
],
"word": "hell"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "hellcund"
},
{
"english": "gate of hell",
"word": "helldor"
},
{
"english": "hellfire",
"word": "hellefȳr"
},
{
"english": "sorceress",
"word": "hellrūn"
},
{
"word": "hellewīte"
},
{
"english": "hellhound",
"word": "hellehund"
}
],
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{
"args": {
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"2": "helle"
},
"expansion": "Middle English: helle, hel, hell; hælle\nEnglish: hell, Hell\nScots: hell, Hell",
"name": "desctree"
}
],
"text": "Middle English: helle, hel, hell; hælle\nEnglish: hell, Hell\nScots: hell, Hell"
}
],
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},
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"name": "inh"
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},
"expansion": "Proto-Germanic *haljō",
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},
{
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"2": "ine-pro",
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"4": "",
"5": "to cover, hide, conceal"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
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"2": "hell",
"3": "",
"4": "light"
},
"expansion": "German hell (“light”)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to cover, hide, conceal”).\nCompare German hell (“light”).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "strong",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"table-tags"
]
},
{
"form": "ang-decl-noun-o-f",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"inflection-template"
]
},
{
"form": "ō-stem",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"class"
]
},
{
"form": "hell",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hella",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "helle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "helle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hella",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "helle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "helle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hella",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "helle",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "hellum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"plural"
]
}
],
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"3": "",
"4": "",
"5": "",
"6": "",
"g": "f",
"g2": "",
"g3": "",
"head": "",
"sort": ""
},
"expansion": "hell f",
"name": "head"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "f"
},
"expansion": "hell f",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "hell"
},
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"args": {
"1": "hell",
"2": "hella,helle",
"3": "helle",
"4": "hella,helle",
"5": "helle",
"6": "hella",
"7": "helle",
"8": "hellum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong ō-stem"
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],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
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"Old English feminine nouns",
"Old English lemmas",
"Old English nouns",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Old English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Old English ō-stem nouns",
"ang:Hell"
],
"glosses": [
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],
"links": [
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"hell",
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]
],
"tags": [
"feminine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/xell/"
},
{
"ipa": "[heɫ]"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "hel"
}
],
"word": "hell"
}
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