hellir

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hellir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɛtlɪr/ Rhymes: -ɛtlɪr === Noun === hellir m (genitive singular hellis, nominative plural hellar) a cave ==== Declension ==== == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *hallijaz, from *halluz (“stone, rock”) + *-jaz. === Noun === hellir m (genitive hellis, plural hellar) cave, cavern ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: hellir Faroese: helli Norwegian Nynorsk: heller === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “hellir”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive