Icelandic

Noun

himinn m ‎(genitive singular himins, nominative plural himnar)

1. a sky, the heavens ^syn.

   Við lágum undir berum himni.

   We lay under the open sky.

2. (in the plural) heaven, paradise ^syn.

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Synonyms

• (sky): ^def. (obsolete) andlangur, (obsolete) élhöll
• (heaven): ^def. himnaríki

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• hifinn

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈhiminː/

Etymology

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”).

Noun

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) the 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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Descendants

References

• 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.