Contionary:heven

Skundavisk

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk heuen, from Old Skundavisk heuena, hebena, from Halmisk ᚻᛖᛒᛁᚾᚨ (hebina), ᚻᛖᛒᛁᚾᚨᛉ (hebinaŕ), from Proto-Germanic *heminaz. The m > b shift must have taken place very early since the form hebinaŕ is used even in the oldest Halmisk texts.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /heβɘn/

Noun

heven m. (class 1, genitive hevens, plural hevens)

1. sky, heaven

   Si fellen fråm the heven.

   They fell from the sky.