- heofon
- heaven
The Old English to English . 2014.
heofon
Look at other dictionaries:
héofon — 1. see heofon; 2. strong past pl of héofan … Old to modern English dictionary
heofon — m ( es/heofenas), f ( e/ a) sky, firmament; heaven; the power of heaven … Old to modern English dictionary
heofonþrymm — m ( es/ as) heavenly glory … Old to modern English dictionary
heofonþréat — m ( es/ as) heavenly company … Old to modern English dictionary
heaven — heofon … English to the Old English
Heaven — Heav en (h[e^]v n), n. [OE. heven, hefen, heofen, AS. heofon; akin to OS. hevan, LG. heben, heven, Icel. hifinn; of uncertain origin, cf. D. hemel, G. himmel, Icel. himmin, Goth. himins; perh. akin to, or influenced by, the root of E. heave, or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
heaven — noun Etymology: Middle English heven, from Old English heofon; akin to Old High German himil heaven Date: before 12th century 1. the expanse of space that seems to be over the earth like a dome ; firmament usually used in plural 2. a. often… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Heaven — may refer to the physical heavens, the sky or the seemingly endless expanse of the universe beyond.The term is used to refer to a plane of existence (sometimes held to exist in our own universe) in religions and spiritual philosophies, typically… … Wikipedia
Kenning — A kenning (Old Norse kenning [cʰɛnːiŋg] , Modern Icelandic pronunciation [cʰɛnːiŋk] ) is a circumlocution used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse and later Icelandic poetry. For example, Old Norse poets might replace sverð , the regular… … Wikipedia
Loanword — A loanword (or loan word ) is a word directly taken into one language from another with little or no translation. By contrast, a calque or loan translation is a related concept whereby it is the meaning or idiom that is borrowed rather than the… … Wikipedia
