himinn
Icelandic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Norse himinn, from Proto-Germanic *himinaz (“cloud cover, sky”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edithiminn m (genitive singular himins, nominative plural himnar)
- a sky, the heavens
- Við lágum undir berum himni.
- We lay under the open sky.
- (in the plural) heaven, paradise
Declension
editSynonyms
editSee also
editOld Norse
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNoun
edithiminn m (genitive himins, plural himnar)
- 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 […]
- Jóns saga 33, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 245:
- (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.
- Þorláks saga 6, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 95:
Declension
edit Declension of himinn (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
editTerms derived from himinn
- álhiminn (“ice”)
- brúnahiminn (“forehead”)
- himinbaugr (“'ring' of heaven”)
- himinblámi (“blue sky”)
- himinblár (“sky-blue”)
- himinblær (“whiff of air”)
- himinbogi (“vault of heaven”)
- himinborinn (“heaven-born”)
- himinbrjótr (“ox”)
- himinbúi (“angel”)
- himinfastr (“fixed in heaven (of stars)”)
- himingeimr (“the void”)
- himingeisli (“heavenly beam”)
- himinhringr (“'ring' of heaven”)
- himinhvolf (“vault of heaven”)
- himinjǫðurr (“rim of heaven”)
- himinknǫttr (“heavenly globe”)
- himinkraptar (“pillars of heaven”)
- himinljómi (“heanly light”)
- himinlopt (“vault of heaven”)
- himinraufar (“windows of heaven”)
- himinríki (“kingdom of heaven”)
- himinroði (“redness of the sky”)
- himinrǫðull (“the sun in heaven”)
- himinskaut (“quarter of heaven”)
- himinskin (“heavenly shining”)
- himinsól (“the sun in heaven”)
- himinstjóri (“God”)
- himinstjǫrnur (“the sun”)
- himinstýrir (“God”)
- himintarga (“the sun”)
- himintjald (“canopy”)
- himintungl (“heavenly body”)
- himinvangr (“field of heaven”)
- himnabrauð (“manna”)
- himnadróttinn (“king of heaven”)
- himnafagnaðr (“heavenly joy”)
- himnamjǫl (“manna”)
- himnaríki (“kingdom of heaven”)
- himnavald (“heavenly power”)
- himnavist (“abode in heaven”)
- himneskr (“heavenly”)
- sængrhiminn (“bed canopy”)
- undir berum himni (“in the open air”)
- upphiminn (“ether; heavens above”)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “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.
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