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Rh Abbreviated to , is found in the   from an  * , a sheet of ice . — In place-names in the older form  [hɛla, hɛᶅa], in   [hædla]. — hella,, a flat stone or rock.

disease, injured health, partly jokingly: a bad cold, ; in the phrase: to get ane’s [‘one’s’] h.; du’s gotten dy h., you have got a regular cold.. *heill(ar)hvarf. heill = heilleikr, , health ( heill, and, good luck, good omen);  hvarf, , disappearance. - in is  from - in  which is used in the same sense.
 * hellahwarf [hɛᶅ··ahwa‘rf], ,

churchyard; the dead buried in a churchyard. Recorded in the form “heljacröse” by Jessie M. Saxby in “The Home of a Naturalist”. The first part of the is  heilagr,, holy;  ,  and The second part is “kraus (kraas?)” or “krøys(a)” or “krysja”,, a heap, pile, and to be classed with kroysa, , a hut, shed.
 * hellakrøs (ll softened),, a

hellamet [hɛᶅ··amet·, heᶅ··amet·], , reported in the senses a) the Holy Sacrament given to a sick or dying person, the last morsel taken by a dying person ; b) a small portion of food. Otherwise more common in the phrase “to get ane’s [‘one’s’] h.”, to get one’s deserts (ironically), to have an attack of ill-health, to catch a very bad cold, ; du ’s gotten dy h., you have got your deserts, a shock, food eaten on feast-days. *helgarmatr. See ,

hellek,, see $n$,

heller [hɛlər, hɛᶅər (helər, heᶅər)], , a grotto, cave. hɛᶅər (heᶅər): hɛlər (helər): From “hɛᶅər” is reported also in sense of a large rock; see $2$, — hellir,, a cave.

helli [hɛli, hæli],, 1) holy-day, the interval between Saturday evening and Sunday evening. 2) a series of holy-days, festival; ’. * [hɛᶅa, heᶅa]: “helli”. -day, holy-day; de -days o’, the days of the Christmas feast ( twenty in number; see “upp-helli-a’”). -lamb, a lamb taken home for slaughtering, just before a festival, before Christmas. -peats, -water, , peats, water,, taken home for use during “de helli”. [kɔst, kåst], food intended for use during “de helli”. the . — helgr, helgi,, holiness, the day or time to be kept holy. helg, , of the interval between Saturday evening and Sunday evening.
 * now superseded by the form

helli [hæli],, holy, in the “h. muld [mȯld, møld]”, consecrated earth. Otherwise holy. — In the “to had ”, to keep a holy-day or festival, “helli” originates from “heilagt”, neuter of “heilagr”, ; halda heilagt (thus also, , ), to keep a holy-day or festival.
 * holy. — heilagr, ,

helma$1$ [hɛlma, hælma (hæl$h$ma)], , stubble left in the field after the reaping of the corn; a piece of stubble-field. Also [hɛl$1$m, hæl$ə$m]. helma,, haulm, straw.

helma$ə$ [hælma],, stir; confusion; disagreement; quarrelling; der’r naet’in’ [‘nothing’] but h. among dem. Doubtless for * from the root “harm”;  hermd, herming and hermsl,, vexation;