heill

From Old Norse heill (compare Faroese heilur, Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish hel), from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (compare English whole, hale, Dutch heel, German heil), from Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂ilus (“healthy, whole”).

• IPA^(key): /heitl/

  Rhymes: -eitl

heill (comparative heilli, superlative heilastur)

1. healthy ^syn.
   • Hávamál (English source, Icelandic sourve)

     Gefendur heilir!

     Gestur er inn kominn!

     hvar skal sitja sjá?

     Mjög er bráður

     sá er á bröndum skal

     síns um freista frama.

     Hail to the giver! | a guest has come;

     Where shall the stranger sit?

     Swift shall he be who, | with swords shall try

     The proof of his might to make.

2. complete, entire, whole ^syn.

   Þetta tók heilt ár!

   This took a whole year!

3. undamaged, in one piece ^syn.

• (healthy): ^def. heilbrigður
• (whole): ^def. allur
• (undamaged): ^def. óskaddaður

heill f (genitive singular heillar, nominative plural heillir)

1. success, luck, happiness

• árna heilla
• illu heilli