heofonrice

Old English

Etymology

From heofon + -rīċe. Cognate with Old Saxon heƀanrīki, Old Norse himinnrīki (Danish himmerige), Old High German himilrīhhi (German Himmelreich).

Noun

heofonrīċe n

  1. kingdom of heaven.

Declension

Descendants

  • Middle English: heuenriche, heuenrike, hevenryke

References

  • heofonríce in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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