himilriki

Old Saxon

Etymology

From himil +‎ rīki, possibly as a calque of Old High German himilrīhhi (due to the influence of speakers of Old High German).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhimilˌriːki/

Proper noun

himilrīki n

1. (Christianity) The Kingdom of Heaven.

   Synonym: hevanrīki

Declension

Declension of himilrīki (neuter ja-stem)

	singular	plural
nominative	himilrīki	himilrīki
accusative	himilrīki	himilrīki
genitive	himilrīkies	himilrīkiō
dative	himilrīkie	himilrīkium
instrumental	—	—

Descendants

• 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

• Tiefenbach, Heinrich (2010) “himilriki”, in Altsächsisches Handwörterbuch [A Concise Old Saxon Dictionary], Berlin: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co., →DOI, →ISBN, page 167.