heofonweard

Old English

Etymology

From heofon (“heaven”) +‎ weard (“guard”). Cognate with Old Saxon hevanwarda (“angel”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

heofonweard m

1. The guardian of Heaven, God.

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	heofonweard	—
accusative	heofonweard	—
genitive	heofonweardes	—
dative	heofonwearde	—

References

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