hevanriki

Old Saxon

The spelling of this entry has been normalized from heƀanrīki according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language.

Alternative forms

hebanrīki, hebenrīki, heƀanrīki

Etymology

From hevan +‎ rīki, possibly as a calque of Old English heofonrīċe (due to Anglo-Saxon missionary activity in Saxony).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛfɑnˌriːki/, [ˈhɛβɑnˌriːki]

Proper noun

hevanrīki n

(Christianity) The Kingdom of Heaven.
Synonym: himilrīki

Declension

Declension of hevanrīki (neuter ja-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	hevanrīki	hevanrīki
accusative	hevanrīki	hevanrīki
genitive	hevanrīkies	hevanrīkiō
dative	hevanrīkie	hevanrīkium
instrumental	—	—

References

Tiefenbach, Heinrich (2010) “hevanriki”, in Altsächsisches Handwörterbuch [A Concise Old Saxon Dictionary], Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co., →DOI, →ISBN, page 165.

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