Helle-fýr

Old English Dictionary Entry

Helle-fýr

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: Bt. Met. Fox 8, 101; Met. 8, 51; Exon. 26 b; Th. 78, 6 ; Cri: 1270. On helle fýr Related words:

Definitions

1 helle-fýr

in gehennam ignis, Mt. Kmbl. 18, 9. [O. H. Ger. hella-fiur gehenna, tartarus.] helle-fyr

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᛚᛚᛖ-ᚠᚣᚱ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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