- plural):
Foxas habbað holu and
heofonan fuglas nest Fox-as habb-að hol-u and
heofon-an fugl-as nest-∅ fox-NOM.PL have-PRS.PL hole-ACC.PL and heaven-GEN.SG bird-NOM...
- this in turn was
developed from the
previous Old
English form
heofon. By
about 1000,
heofon was
being used in
reference to the
Christianized "place where...
-
English wield). Swanton, p. 146
Emphasizes both
guardianship and ownership.
Heofon is "Heaven", and rice is "kingdom" (cf. the
German reich).
Whallon Whallon...
- of all jötnar. N Arnórr jarlaskáld, Magnúsdrápa 19 the sun heaven-candle
heofon-candel OE
Exodus 115 b the sun heaven's
jewel heofones ġim OE The Phoenix...
-
sculan herian Metodes mihte weorc Wuldorfæder; ēce Dryhten, Hē ǣrest gesceōp
heofon tō hrōfe, ða middangeard, ēce Dryhten, fīrum foldan, / heofonrīces Weard...
- the form of
compound words in
which the
first element is uninflected: "
heofon-candel" "sky-candle" = "the sun" (Exodus 115 b).
Kennings consisting of...
- forðstæppe (the dawn
comes up in its course,
eorendel steps fully forth) Hymn 30.1
eorendel eallunga geondstret heofon (eorendel
quite suffuses the sky)...
- name for an
underworld location. See *Haljō above. *hem(e)naz 'heaven' OE
heofon, OFris. himel, OS heƀan, ODu. himil, MLG hēven, OHG
himil ON
himinn Goth...
-
containing the /u/
sound (as in duguþ); in
other contexts (e.g. hēafod,
heofon), ⟨u⟩ was
variably interchanged with ⟨o⟩
depending on
dialect and time period...
- /ɛ/ OE leþer >
leather /lɛðɚ/; OE
stede > stead; OE
weder > weather; OE
heofon > heaven; OE hefiġ >
heavy i; y; ī+CC,ȳ+CC; occ. ēoc,ēc; occ. ī+CV,ȳ+CV...
