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Etymology

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From Old Norse himinn, from Proto-Germanic *himinaz (cloud cover, sky).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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himinn m (genitive singular himins, nominative plural himnar)

  1. a sky, the heavens
    Við lágum undir berum himni.
    We lay under the open sky.
  2. (in the plural) heaven, paradise

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Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *himinaz (cloud cover, sky). Cognate with Old English heofon, Old Saxon hevan, Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (himins). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱemen-, *ḱemer- (stone, cloud, sky).

Pronunciation

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  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈhĩmĩnː/

Noun

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himinn m (genitive himins, plural himnar)

  1. the heavens, sky
    • Jóns saga 33, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 245:
      [] var svá skirt veðr ok hreint, at hvergi sá ský á himni []
      [] the weather was so clear and bright that there were no clouds in the sky []
  2. (Christianity, especially in the plural) heaven, paradise
    • Þorláks saga 6, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 95:
      [] dýrki þér föður yðarn, þann er á himnum er.
      [] worshipped thy Father, who is in heaven.

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Icelandic: himinn, hifinn
  • Faroese: himin
  • Old Swedish: himin
  • Old Danish: himæn
  • Old Gutnish: himin

References

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  • himinn”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • himinn in An Icelandic-English Dictionary, R. Cleasby and G. Vigfússon, Clarendon Press, 1874, at Internet Archive.
  • himinn in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.