Noun: heofon
Gender: mf
Nominative
| Singular | heofon |
| Plural | heofonas; heofona; heofone |
Genitive
| Singular | heofones; heofone |
| Plural | heofona |
Dative
| Singular | heofone |
| Plural | heofonum |
Accusative
| Singular | heofon; heofone |
| Plural | heofonas; heofona; heofone |
Sample Sentences
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Eall þā lēaf sind brūn, and sē heofon grǣġ. (All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray.)
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late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy
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Sē heofon bringþ lēohte dagas and eft behileþ þæt lēoht mid þīestrum. (The sky brings bright days and then hides the light with darkness.)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints
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Æfter þisum ġebede, bærst ūt of heofonum swȳþe fǣrlīċ fȳr and forbernde þæt templ, and ealle þā godas grundlunga suncon intō þǣre eorþan, and ne ætēowdon siþþan. (After this prayer, a very sudden fire burst out of the heavens and burned up the temple, and all the gods sunk completely into the earth, and have not appeared since.)
Nouns inflected like heofon
epistol,
fearm,
beorg,
hefen,
weler,
wiell,
stemn,
mircels,
gærsum,
hiofon,
heofan,
heofen,
heofon,
heofun,
heafun,
list,
hærn,
pyll,
wyll,
well, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *hebn. Probably related to both Proto-West Germanic *himil and Proto-Germanic *himinaz, but the origins of the relationship are mysterious.
Verbs referencing "heofon"
English Nouns
heaven, Old Norse Nouns
himinn, Middle English Nouns
hevene.
Translations