Noun: himinn
Gender: m
Nominative
| Sg. Indef. | himinn |
| Sg. Def. | himinninn |
| Pl. Indef. | himnar |
| Pl. Def. | himnarnir |
Genitive
| Sg. Indef. | himins |
| Sg. Def. | himinsins |
| Pl. Indef. | himna |
| Pl. Def. | himnanna |
Dative
| Sg. Indef. | himni |
| Sg. Def. | himninum |
| Pl. Indef. | himnum |
| Pl. Def. | himnunum |
Accusative
| Sg. Indef. | himin |
| Sg. Def. | himininn |
| Pl. Indef. | himna |
| Pl. Def. | himnana |
Sample Sentences
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[…] 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 […]) [Jóns saga 33, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 245]
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[…] dýrki þér föður yðarn, þann er á himnum er. ([…] worshipped thy Father, who is in heaven.) [Þorláks saga 6, in 1858, J. Sigurðsson, G. Vigfússon, Biskupa sögur, Volume I. Copenhagen, page 95]
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *himinaz (“cloud cover, sky”). Cognate with Old English heofon, Old Saxon himil and hevan, Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃 (himins). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱemen-, *ḱemer- (“stone, cloud, sky”). See: Old English Nouns '
heofon', Gothic Nouns '
𐌷𐌹𐌼𐌹𐌽𐍃'.
Verbs referencing "himinn"
English Nouns
heaven, Danish Nouns
himmel, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
himmel, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
himmel, Swedish Nouns
himmel, Icelandic Nouns
himinn, Faroese Nouns
himin.
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