[1] heljar ‘of Hell’: Primarily the Christian Hell, but allusion to Hel, the pagan goddess of the dead may also be intended; cf. Psalm XVII.5-6: circumdederunt me funes mortis et torrentes diabuli terruerunt me / funes inferi circumdederunt me praevenerunt me laquei mortis ‘the sorrows of death surrounded me: and the torrents of iniquity troubled me. The sorrows of Hell encompassed me: and the snares of death prevented me’, and similarly 2 Sam. XXII.6.