hellbend

Old English

Etymology

Compound of hell (“hell”) +‎ bend (“bond, chain”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxellˌbend/, [ˈheɫˌbend]

Noun

hellbend m

1. (hapax legomenon, poetic) the chains of hell

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hell-bend”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.