heofonware

Old English

Etymology

From heofon (“heaven”) +‎ -ware (“residents”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

heofonware m pl

1. the inhabitants of heaven

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	—	heofonware, heofonwaru
accusative	—	heofonware, heofonwaru
genitive	—	heofonwara
dative	—	heofonwarum

Antonyms

• eorþware

References

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