heill

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Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse heill (compare Faroese heilur, Norwegian Nynorsk heil Norwegian Bokmål, Danish, and Swedish hel), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (compare English whole, hale, Dutch heel, German heil), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (healthy, whole).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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heill (comparative heilli, superlative heilastur)

  1. healthy
  2. complete, entire, whole
    Þetta tók heilt ár!
    This took a whole year!
  3. undamaged, in one piece

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Noun

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heill f (genitive singular heillar, nominative plural heillir)

  1. success, luck, happiness

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (whole, safe, sound), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (healthy, whole).

Adjective

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heill

  1. whole
  2. healthy, hale
    heill sé þú
    may you be hale
  3. (before a noun, agreeing with it) hail (interjection)
    • 900s–1000s, Anonymous, Sigrdrífumál (‘the speeches of Sigrdrífa’), stanza 3
      Heill dagr! / Heilir dags synir!
      Heill nótt ok nipt!
      óreiðum augum / litið okkr þinig
      ok gefið sitjǫndum sigr!
      Hail the day! Hail the sons of day! Hail night and her kinswoman! With friendly eyes look ye hither upon us two, and give the sitting ones victory.

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: heill
  • Faroese: heilur
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: heil
    • Norwegian Bokmål: heil
  • Old Swedish: hēl
  • Old Danish: hel, hiæl
    • Danish: hel
      • Norwegian Bokmål: hel
  • Middle English: heil