hellir

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse hellir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛtlɪr/

  Rhymes: -ɛtlɪr

Noun

hellir m (genitive singular hellis, nominative plural hellar)

1. a cave

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

hellir m (genitive hellis, plural hellar)

1. cave, cavern

Declension

  Declension of hellir (strong ija-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hellir	hellirinn	hellar	hellarnir
accusative	helli	hellinn	hella	hellana
dative	helli	hellinum	hellum	hellunum
genitive	hellis	hellisins	hella	hellanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: hellir
• Faroese: helli
• Norwegian Nynorsk: heller

References

• “hellir”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press