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Middle English
- efne, even, evne, heaven, hefne, heoven, heovene, heven, hevyn, hewn, hewne
- hæfene, hæfne, hæven, heffne, heofen, heofne, heofon, hoven (Early Middle English)
- heeven, hefen, heiven, heivin, hevin, hewuyn, heyven, hewen, hewyn (Northern)
Etymology
Inherited from Old English heofon, from Proto-West Germanic *hebun.
Forms without a final vowel are from the Old English a-stem variant, while forms with one continue weak (n-stem) heofone or are generalised from the Old English ō-stem accusative or the genitive or dative of both variants.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛv(ə)nə/, /ˈhɛːvən/, /ˈhɛvən/
Proper noun
hevene (genitive hevenes or hevene)
- Heaven; a divine realm or positive afterlife.
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Noun
hevene (plural hevenes or (early) hevenen, genitive hevenes or hevene)
- The heavens; the cosmos surrounding the Earth, especially:
- (in medieval cosmology) A layer of the cosmos; one of the celestial spheres.
- The entirety of the sky; the atmosphere.
- Outer space; the abode of the stars.
- (figuratively) A serene or heavenly locale or experience.
- (figuratively, rare) A serene or heavenly person.
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