heofonware
Old English
Etymology
From heofon (“heaven”) + -ware (“residents”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxe͜o.fon.wɑ.re/, [ˈhe͜o.von.wɑ.re]
Noun
heofonware m pl
- the inhabitants of heaven
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | heofonware, heofonwaru |
| accusative | — | heofonware, heofonwaru |
| genitive | — | heofonwara |
| dative | — | heofonwarum |
Antonyms
Further reading
- Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “heofon-ware”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary (in Old English), second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.