hellewite
Old English
noun
Definitions
- the torments of hell; eternal punishment, hellfire
Etymology
Inherited from *halljuwītī inherited from Proto-Germanic *haljōwītiją compound from Old English hell (hell, underworld) + Old English wīte (punishment, pain, penalty, torment).
Origin
Old English
wīte
Gloss
punishment, pain, penalty, torment
Concept
Semantic Field
Law
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
痛
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- wita Latin
- helvete Norwegian Bokmål
- *haljōwītiją Proto-Germanic
- helvete Norwegian Nynorsk
- blodwite Old English
- fyrdwite Old English
- hell Old English
- hellegeat Old English
- hellruna Old English
- scyldwite Old English
- wīte Old English
- helvíti Old Norse
- *hallju gmw-pro
- *halljuwītī gmw-pro
- hel Old Saxon
- helliwiti Old Saxon
- wīti Old Saxon