heill
Icelandic
Etymology
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 *kóh₂ilus (“healthy, whole”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /heitl/
- Rhymes: -eitl
Adjective
heill (comparative heilli, superlative heilastur)
- healthy
- complete, entire, whole
- Þetta tók heilt ár!
- This took a whole year!
- Þetta tók heilt ár!
- undamaged, in one piece
Inflection
positive (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heill | heil | heilt |
accusative | heilan | heila | heilt |
dative | heilum | heilli | heilu |
genitive | heils | heillar | heils |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heilir | heilar | heil |
accusative | heila | heilar | heil |
dative | heilum | heilum | heilum |
genitive | heilla | heilla | heilla |
positive (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heili | heila | heila |
accusative | heila | heilu | heila |
dative | heila | heilu | heila |
genitive | heila | heilu | heila |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heilu | heilu | heilu |
accusative | heilu | heilu | heilu |
dative | heilu | heilu | heilu |
genitive | heilu | heilu | heilu |
comparative
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heilli | heilli | heilla |
accusative | heilli | heilli | heilla |
dative | heilli | heilli | heilla |
genitive | heilli | heilli | heilla |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heilli | heilli | heilli |
accusative | heilli | heilli | heilli |
dative | heilli | heilli | heilli |
genitive | heilli | heilli | heilli |
superlative (strong declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heilastur | heilust | heilast |
accusative | heilastan | heilasta | heilast |
dative | heilustum | heilastri | heilustu |
genitive | heilasts | heilastrar | heilasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heilastir | heilastar | heilust |
accusative | heilasta | heilastar | heilust |
dative | heilustum | heilustum | heilustum |
genitive | heilastra | heilastra | heilastra |
superlative (weak declension)
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heilasti | heilasta | heilasta |
accusative | heilasta | heilustu | heilasta |
dative | heilasta | heilustu | heilasta |
genitive | heilasta | heilustu | heilasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heilustu | heilustu | heilustu |
accusative | heilustu | heilustu | heilustu |
dative | heilustu | heilustu | heilustu |
genitive | heilustu | heilustu | heilustu |
Synonyms
- (healthy): heilbrigður
- (whole): allur
- (undamaged): óskaddaður
Derived terms
Derived terms
- heill á geði
- heill á húfi (safe and sound)
- heill og sæll (welcome!)
- heil tala (an integer)
- heilu og höldnu (safe and sound)
- með heilum hug
- ráða heilt (to give sound advice)
- taka aldrei á heilum sér (to be always in bad health)
Noun
heill f (genitive singular heillar, nominative plural heillir)
- success, luck, happiness
Derived terms
- árna heilla
- illu heilli
Old Norse
Alternative forms
- hęill
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kóylos (“healthy, whole”).
Adjective
heill
- whole
- healthy, hale
- heill sé þú
- may you be hale
- (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.
- 900s–1000s, Anonymous, Sigrdrífumál (‘the speeches of Sigrdrífa’), stanza 3
Declension
Strong declension of heill
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heill | heil | heilt |
accusative | heilan | heila | heilt |
dative | heilum | heilli | heilu |
genitive | heils | heillar | heils |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heilir | heilar | heil |
accusative | heila | heilar | heil |
dative | heilum | heilum | heilum |
genitive | heilla | heilla | heilla |
Weak declension of heill
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heili | heila | heila |
accusative | heila | heilu | heila |
dative | heila | heilu | heila |
genitive | heila | heilu | heila |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heilu | heilu | heilu |
accusative | heilu | heilu | heilu |
dative | heilum | heilum | heilum |
genitive | heilu | heilu | heilu |
Declension of comparative of heill
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heilari | heilari | heilara |
accusative | heilara | heilari | heilara |
dative | heilara | heilari | heilara |
genitive | heilara | heilari | heilara |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heilari | heilari | heilari |
accusative | heilari | heilari | heilari |
dative | heilurum | heilurum | heilurum |
genitive | heilari | heilari | heilari |
Strong declension of superlative of heill
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heilastr | heilust | heilast |
accusative | heilastan | heilasta | heilast |
dative | heilustum | heilastri | heilustu |
genitive | heilasts | heilastrar | heilasts |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heilastir | heilastar | heilust |
accusative | heilasta | heilastar | heilust |
dative | heilustum | heilustum | heilustum |
genitive | heilastra | heilastra | heilastra |
Weak declension of superlative of heill
singular | masculine | feminine | neuter |
---|---|---|---|
nominative | heilasti | heilasta | heilasta |
accusative | heilasta | heilustu | heilasta |
dative | heilasta | heilustu | heilasta |
genitive | heilasta | heilustu | heilasta |
plural | masculine | feminine | neuter |
nominative | heilustu | heilustu | heilustu |
accusative | heilustu | heilustu | heilustu |
dative | heilustum | heilustum | heilustum |
genitive | heilustu | heilustu | heilustu |
Descendants
- Icelandic: heill
- Faroese: heilur
- Norwegian Nynorsk: heil
- → Norwegian Bokmål: heil
- Westrobothnian: hail
- Old Swedish: hēl
- Swedish: hel
- Old Danish: hel, hiæl
- Danish: hel
- Norwegian Bokmål: hel
- Danish: hel
- → Middle English: heil
- English: hail
- Scots: hail