heofonfyr

Old English

Etymology

From heofon (“sky”) +‎ fȳr (“fire”). Means "fire from the sky".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxe͜o.fon.fyːr/, [ˈhe͜o.von.vyːr]

Noun

heofonfȳr n

1. lightning

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	heofonfȳr	heofonfȳr
accusative	heofonfȳr	heofonfȳr
genitive	heofonfȳres	heofonfȳra
dative	heofonfȳre	heofonfȳrum

References

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