hellcniht

Old English

Etymology

Compound of hell (“hell”) +‎ cniht (“boy, servant”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxellˌknixt/, [ˈheɫˌkniçt]

Noun

hellcniht m

1. an infernal servant

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hellcniht	hellcneoht, hellcnihtas
accusative	hellcniht	hellcneoht, hellcnihtas
genitive	hellcnihtes	hellcneoht, hellcnihta
dative	hellcnihte	hellcneoht, hellcnihtum

References

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