Sullt
[starvation ]. The knife which the goddess Hel (q.v.) is accustomed to use when she sits down to eat from her dish Hunger.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894 More on Sullt from Fact Monster:
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