helle

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helle

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of hellen

helle

1. (archaic) genitive/dative singular of hel

• IPA^(key): /ˈhelːeˣ/, [ˈhe̞lːe̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -elːe
• Hyphenation^(key): hel‧le

From Proto-Finnic *heldeh (compare Karelian helleh), from an earlier *šelteš, borrowed from Proto-Baltic [Term?] (compare Lithuanian šiltis).^[1]

helle

1. hot weather, swelter.
2. (rare, chiefly figuratively) A hot place or heat.

As a technical term, in Finnish weather forecasts the term helle is used of temperatures above +25 °C (77 F).

• “helle”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

helle

1. allative singular of he (“he (a letter of some Semitic alphabets)”)

Regional variant of German hell. From Middle High German hellen, from the root of hell (“clear, bright”). Cognate with Dutch hel.

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helle (strong nominative masculine singular heller, comparative heller, superlative am hellesten or am hellsten)

1. (regional, Northern Germany, Berlin) clever, smart, bright

• “helle” in Duden online
• “helle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

helle

1. heat

Unknown.

helle (comparative helder, superlative helles, predicative superlative 't hèls)

1. hard
2. loud

Root changed into hel, only used as last word of a phrase.

de hel vrów/de vrów is hel, mer ouch vröntjelik vs. die vrów is helle

From hel.

helle f

1. (obsolete) dative singular of hel

From Old Dutch hella, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju.

helle f

1. Hell
2. underworld

Weak feminine
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	helle	hellen
Accusative	helle	hellen
Genitive	hellen	hellen
Dative	helle, hellen	hellen

• Dutch: hel
  • Afrikaans: hel
• Limburgish: hel

• “helle (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “helle (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

• hel, hell
• (early) hælle

From Old English hell, from Proto-West Germanic *hallju, from Proto-Germanic *haljō. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English inflected forms.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛl(ə)/

helle (genitive helles or helle)

1. Hell (the Christian place of damnation)
   • c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.)‎^[3], published c. 1410, Matheu 10:28, page 4v; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

     and nyle ȝe dꝛede hem þat moun ſle þe bodi .· foꝛ þei moun not ſle þe ſoule / but raþere dꝛede ȝe hym þat mai leeſe boþe bodi and ſoule in to helle

     But don't fear those who can kill the body, because they can't kill the soul. Instead, fear the one who can destroy both the body and soul in Hell.

2. Limbo (waiting place for souls)
3. (by extension) The underworld in Greco-Roman legend.

• English: hell, Hell
• Scots: hell, Hell

• “helle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

helle (plural helles, genitive helles or helle)

1. Death, mortality.
2. A place of suffering or evil.

• English: hell, Hell
• Scots: hell, Hell

• “helle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

From Old Norse hella, from hallr (stone).

helle f or m (definite singular hella or hellen, indefinite plural heller, definite plural hellene)

1. flat stone
2. disc made of iron

• (disc made of iron): takke

• bakstehelle

From Old Norse hella, from hallr (slope, incline).

helle (imperative hell, present tense heller, simple past hellet or helte, past participle hellet or helt, present participle hellende)

1. to slope, incline
2. to near an end.

   Dagen heller.

   The day nears its end.

3. to pour (something)

• (pour): pøse

• helning

• “helle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse hella, from hallr (stone).

helle f (definite singular hella, indefinite plural heller, definite plural hellene)

1. flat stone
2. disc made of iron

• (disc made of iron): takke

• bakstehelle

• “helle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

helle

1. inflection of hell:
   1. accusative/genitive/dative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Borrowed from Ingrian hellä.

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈhelːæ/, [ˈhelːə̟]
• Rhymes: -elːæ
• Hyphenation: hel‧le

helle

1. sensitive
2. gentle, tender

Declension of helle (type VIII/päive, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	helle	helled
genitive	hellä	hellije, hellii
partitive	hellä	helliite, hellii
illative	helläse, hellä	helliise
inessive	hellez	helliiz
elative	hellesse	helliisse
allative	hellele	helliile
adessive	hellelle	helliille
ablative	hellelte	helliilte
translative	hellessi	helliissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “hellä”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn