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heaven as the abode of God and angels
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  • Heóldon englas forð heofonríces héhðe þe Godes hyldo gelǽston,

    • Gen. 321
      • .

  • Þám stede þe wé cúðon on heofonríce,

    • 358.

  • Wit noldon on heofonríce hnígan mid heáfdum hálgum Drihtne,

    • 741.

  • Hé (Satan) hefonríce forworhte

    coelum perdidit,

    • Past. 233, 20
      • .
in phrases describing the Deity as the ruler of heaven.
of God the Father
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  • Hæfð geheaðerod hefonríces weard (cf. se ælmihtiga God,

    • Bt. 21
      • ;
    • F. 74, 9
      • )

    mid his anwealde ealle gesceafta,

    • Met. II, 31.

  • Spræc heofonríces weard tó Abrahame, ece Drihten,

    • Gen. 1744
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    • Exod. 485
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    • Dan. 12
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    • An. 52
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    • Jul. 212
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    • G5. 583
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    • El. 197
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  • Fæder mancynnes, . . . God lifigende . . . hiofenríces weard.

    • Ps. C. 113
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    • Hy. 8, 2
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  • Wnldres cyning, heofonríces helm,

    • Cri. 566
      • .

  • Wuldorcyning, heofonríces God,

    • Jul. 239
      • :
    • El. 1125
      • .
of Christ
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    (Eve)

    ðé hálsige, heofonríces weard . . . þú fram mínre dóhtor, Drihten, onwóce,

    • Sae. 422
      • .

  • Críst wæs ácenned . . Hǽlend geháten, heofonríces weard,

    • Men. 4
      • .

  • On þá dúne þe Dryhten ǽr áhangen wæs, heofonríces weard,

    • El. 718
      • .
heaven as the abode of beatified spirits
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  • Þuacute; ús lǽrdest ꝥ wé ongeátan þæt ðæt ys úre ágen . . . þæt ys þæt heofonríce,

    • Solil. H. 8, 1
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  • On fullum geleáfan heofonríces

    de vitae aeternitate securus,

    • Ors. 6, 34
      • ;
    • S. 290, 13
      • .

  • Bið open eádgum heofonríces duru,

    • Ph. 12
      • .

  • Heofonríces hyht, helle wítu,

    • An. 1054
      • .

  • Hefonríces þolian,

    • Gen. 633
      • .

  • Þæt we sculon cuman of þisse worolde tó úres Fæder oeðle, ꝥ is tó heofonríce,

    • Ors. 5, 14
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    • S. 248, 28
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    • Sat. 216
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  • On heofonríce eádge mid englum,

    • Cri. 1246
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    • 1639
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  • In heofonríce habban eard mid englum,

    • El. 621
      • .
a place or condition of the greatest pleasure of which a person is capable
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  • Hé hæfde his heofonríce hér on eorðan, þá him nánes willan næs forwyrnd hér, ne nánes lustes on þysse weorulde

    anima ejus in vita ipsius benedicetur,

    • Ps. Th. 48, 18
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “heofon-ríce.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/52298.

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