Hell-waran

Old English Dictionary Entry

Hell-waran

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Related words: hell-ware, -waru. hell-waran

Definitions

1 hell-waran

pl. The inhabitants of hell :-- Ðás hellwaran hi manes, Ælfc. Gr. 13; Som. 16, 14. Him urnon ealle hellwaran ongeán all the inhabitants of hell ran to meet him, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 29. Hlógan helwaran the dwellers in hell laughed, Exon. 120 a; Th. 460, 22; Hö. 21. Ðú míne sáwle álýsdest of helwarena hinderþeóstrum eripuisti animom meam ex inferno inferiori, Ps. Th. 85, 12: 140, 9. Helwarena stefn wæs gehýred the voice of hell's people was heard, Blickl. Homl. 87, 3. Cýðnise hellwarana testamentum inferorum, Rtl. 11, 9. Tó hell-warum ad inferos, 1010, 16. Ne forlǽt ðú míne sáwle mid hellwarum leave not my soul in hell, Blickl. Homl. 87, 33.

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᛚᛚ-ᚹᚪᚱᚪᚾ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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