heofon

Etymology
From. Probably related to both and, but the origins of the relationship are mysterious.

Noun

 * 1) sky
 * 2) * late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' 
 * "ang"
 * "ang"

- Sē heofon bringþ lēohte dagas and eft behileþ þæt lēoht mid þīestrum.


 * 1) heaven

Usage notes

 * Heofon is consistently strong and masculine in early Old English (up to c. 950), but in late Old English it is usually feminine, often as weak.


 * The meaning heaven, like certain locations or abstract concepts, does not use the definite article. The meaning sky uses the definite article most of the time when singular, though there are a fair number of apparently interchangeable exceptions.


 * There is some overlap between the usage of this word and . See there for more.

Declension

 * masculine


 * feminine