Helle-god

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - helle-god

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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helle-god
n. A god of the infernal regions :-- Orfeus wolde gesécan hellegodu and biddan ðæt hí him ágeáfan eft his wíf Orfeus would visit the gods of the infernal regions and pray them to give him his wife again, Bt. 35, 6; Fox 168, 13. [O. H. Ger. hella-got pluto, dis; pl. eumenides, manes.] helle-god
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