himilriki
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Old Saxon[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From himil + rīki, possibly as a calque of Old High German himilrīhhi (due to the influence of speakers of Old High German).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
himilrīki n
- (Christianity) The Kingdom of Heaven.
- Synonym: hevanrīki
Declension[edit]
Declension of himilrīki (neuter ja-stem)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | himilrīki | himilrīki |
| accusative | himilrīki | himilrīki |
| genitive | himilrīkies | himilrīkiō |
| dative | himilrīkie | himilrīkium |
| instrumental | — | — |
Descendants[edit]
- Middle Low German: hemmelrîke, hêmelrîk, hêmelrîke, hemmelrîk, himmelrîk, himmelrîke
- Low German: himmelriek
- Plautdietsch: Himmelrikj
- → Polabian: emerikă
- → Old Norse: himiríki, himinríki (calque)
- Faroese: himmiríki
- Norn: chimri, chimrie
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: himmelrike
- Norwegian Nynorsk: himmelrike
- Old Swedish: himiriki, himerike, hymiriki
- Swedish: himmelrike
- Danish: himmerige, himmerig
References[edit]
- Tiefenbach, Heinrich (2010) “himilriki”, in Altsächsisches Handwörterbuch [A Concise Old Saxon Dictionary], Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co., , →ISBN, page 167.