Helle-hund

Old English Dictionary Entry

Helle-hund

Old English Dictionary Entry

Part of speech: es; Related words: Grimm. D. M. 948-9. helle-hund

Definitions

1 helle-hund

m. A hell-hound :-- Sý hé Judas geféra Cristes belǽwendes and sý hé toren of hellehundes tóþum on ðám egeslícum hellewítum mid eallum deóflum bútan ǽlcum ende bútan hé hit ǽr his endedæge rihtlíce gebéte may he be the companion of Judas the betrayer of Christ, and be torn by the teeth of a hell-hound in the awful torments of hell among all the devils without any end, unless he make due reparation before his last day, Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. 350,18 [Cf. sceolde cuman ðære helle hund ongeán hiné ðæs nama wæs Ceruerus it was said that the hound of hell, whose name was Cerberus, came towards him, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168. 15.]

Runic Inscription

ᚻᛖᛚᛚᛖ-ᚻᚢᚾᛞ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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