Níþ-hell

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - níþ-hell

According to the Old English Dictionary:

níþ-hell
hell where malice and wickedness reign (?) :-- Þú scealt faran intó þǽre nigenda níþhelle (hnígende intó þǽre níþhelle (niþerhelle lower hell ? The MS. is a late one)? Cf. hé tó helle hnígan sceolde. Sat. 375), Hml. A. 174, 150. niþ-hell
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