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HEL
GENDER:
Feminine
USAGE:
Norse Mythology
Meaning & History
In Norse
mythology
this was the name of the daughter of Loki. She got her name from the underworld, also called Hel, where she ruled, which meant "to conceal, to cover" in
Old Norse
(related to the English word
hell
).
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