husheofon

Old English

Etymology

From hūs (“house”) +‎ heofon (“ceiling”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuːs.xe͜o.fon/, [ˈhuːs.he͜o.fon]

Noun

hūsheofon m

1. ceiling

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hūsheofon	hūsheofonas
accusative	hūsheofon	hūsheofonas
genitive	hūsheofones	hūsheofona
dative	hūsheofone	hūsheofonum

Further reading

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hús-heofon”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.