hellesceaþa

== Old English == === Etymology === Compound of hell (“hell”) +‎ sċeaþa (“enemy, ravager”) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxel.leˌʃɑ.θɑ/, [ˈheɫ.ɫeˌʃɑ.ðɑ] === Noun === hellesċeaþa m a fiend hell the grave === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hell-sceaþa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.