Toward hell; in the direction of damnation or toward an infernal destination.
Compound of 'hell' and the directional suffix '-ward' (from Old English 'weard' meaning direction). The pattern follows English formations like 'northward,' 'eastward,' and 'onward.'
Medieval literature uses words like 'hellward' to describe moral direction rather than physical direction—'The sinner's path leads hellward'—treating damnation as a destination one could travel toward through choices.
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