See heofon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"form": "hiofon",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "heofene",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "heofone",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"weak"
]
},
{
"form": "hefene",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"weak"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "m",
"g2": "f"
},
"expansion": "heofon m or f",
"name": "ang-noun"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "heofon"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-a-m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "heofon",
"2": "heofonas",
"3": "heofon",
"4": "heofonas",
"5": "heofones",
"6": "heofona",
"7": "heofone",
"8": "heofonum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong a-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "heofon"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun-o-f"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "heofon",
"2": "heofona,heofone",
"3": "heofone",
"4": "heofona,heofone",
"5": "heofone",
"6": "heofona",
"7": "heofone",
"8": "heofonum",
"num": "",
"title": "",
"type": "strong ō-stem"
},
"name": "ang-decl-noun"
}
],
"lang": "Old English",
"lang_code": "ang",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations",
"Old English terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
31,
37
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
[
34,
37
]
],
"english": "All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray.",
"text": "Eall þā lēaf sind brūn, and sē heofon grǣġ.",
"translation": "All the leaves are brown, and the sky is gray.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"english": "The sky brings bright days and then hides the light with darkness.",
"text": "late 9th century, King Alfred's translation of Boethius' The Consolation of Philosophy\nSē heofon bringþ lēohte dagas and eft behileþ þæt lēoht mid þīestrum.",
"translation": "The sky brings bright days and then hides the light with darkness.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"sky"
],
"links": [
[
"sky",
"sky"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Old English terms with quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "After this prayer, a very sudden fire burst out of the heavens and burned up the temple, and all the gods sunk completely into the earth, and have not appeared since.",
"text": "late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints\nÆfter þisum ġebede, bærst ūt of heofonum swȳþe fǣrlīċ fȳr and forbernde þæt templ, and ealle þā godas grundlunga suncon intō þǣre eorþan, and ne ætēowdon siþþan.",
"translation": "After this prayer, a very sudden fire burst out of the heavens and burned up the temple, and all the gods sunk completely into the earth, and have not appeared since.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"heaven"
],
"links": [
[
"heaven",
"heaven"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"ceiling"
],
"links": [
[
"ceiling",
"ceiling"
]
],
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈxe͜o.fon/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈhe͜o.von]"
}
],
"word": "heofon"
}
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