heofonham

Old English

Etymology

From heofon (“heaven”) +‎ hām (“home”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

heofonhām m

1. a heavenly home, heaven.

Declension

Strong a- stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	heofonhām	heofonhāmas
accusative	heofonhām	heofonhāmas
genitive	heofonhāmes	heofonhāma
dative	heofonhām, heofonhāme	heofonhāmum

References

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