heill

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA: /heitl/

  Rhymes: -eitl

Etymology

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”).

Adjective

heill (feminine heil, neuter heilt, 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.

Derived terms

• ráða heilt (to give sound advice)
• með heilum hug
• heil tala (an integer)
• heill og sæll (welcome!)
• heill á geði
• heill á húfi (safe and sound)
• heilu og höldnu (safe and sound)
• taka aldrei á heilum sér (to be always in bad health)

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

Noun

heill f (genitive singular heillar, plural heillir)

1. success, luck, happiness

Derived terms

• árna heilla
• illu heilli