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 *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /heitl/ Rhymes: -eitl === Adjective === heill (comparative heilli, superlative heilastur) healthy Synonym: heilbrigður Antonym: veikur complete, entire, whole Synonym: allur undamaged, in one piece Synonym: óskaddaður ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Noun === heill f (genitive singular heillar, nominative plural heillir) or (in fixed expressions)heill n pl (plural only, genitive plural heilla) success, luck, happiness árna/óska einhverjum heilla ― to wish someone luck heillin (mín) (in direct address) ― my dear vera til heilla ― to be for the best vera heillum horfinn ― to be out of luck ... góðu heilli ― luckily ... illu heilli ― unfortunately ==== Declension ==== or (in fixed expressions) ==== Derived terms ==== árna heilla illu heilli == Old Norse == === Alternative forms === hęill === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole, safe, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“healthy, whole”). === Adjective === heill whole healthy, hale (before a noun, agreeing with it) hail (interjection) 900s–1000s, Anonymous, Sigrdrífumál (‘the speeches of Sigrdrífa’), stanza 3 ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: heill Faroese: heilur Norwegian Nynorsk: heil → Norwegian Bokmål: heil Old Swedish: hēl Swedish: hel Old Danish: hel, hiæl Danish: hel Norwegian Bokmål: hel → Middle English: heilEnglish: hailScots: hail