, ▁ þ y rs , ▁o ð ð e ▁hel - de of ol " ▁(" G ob lin , ▁spect re , ▁or ▁hell - dev il ") ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 0 th ▁century ▁Old ▁English ▁Cle op atra ▁G loss ary , ▁about ▁which ▁Thomas ▁Wright ▁wrote , ▁" O rc us ▁was ▁the ▁name ▁for ▁Pl uto , ▁the ▁god ▁of ▁the ▁infer nal ▁regions , ▁hence ▁we ▁can ▁easily ▁understand ▁the ▁explanation ▁of ▁hel - de of ol . ▁ ▁Or c , ▁in ▁Ang lo - S ax on , ▁like ▁thy rs , ▁means ▁a ▁spect re , ▁or ▁g ob lin ." ▁The ▁Wo orden bo ek ▁der ▁Nederland sche ▁Ta al ▁defines ▁or k ▁in ▁the ▁closely ▁related ▁Old ▁Dutch ▁language ▁as ▁a ▁vers l ind end ▁mon ster ▁(" dev our ing ▁mon ster "), ▁and ▁points ▁at ▁a ▁possible ▁origin ▁in ▁the ▁Old ▁Dutch ▁n ork ▁" pet ul ant , ▁cra bb ed , ▁evil ▁person ". ▁ ▁The ▁term ▁is ▁used ▁just ▁once ▁in ▁Be ow ulf ▁as ▁the ▁pl ural ▁comp ound ▁or c ne as , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁tribes ▁alongside ▁the ▁el ves ▁and ▁ett ins ▁( gi ants ) ▁condem ned ▁by ▁God : ▁ ▁Or c ne as ▁is ▁translated ▁" ev il ▁spirits " ▁above , ▁but ▁its ▁meaning ▁is ▁uncertain . ▁K la e ber ▁suggested ▁it ▁consisted ▁of ▁or c ▁< ▁L . ▁or cus ▁ ▁" the ▁under world "