heofonweard

== Old English == === Etymology === From heofon (“heaven”) +‎ weard (“guard”). Cognate with Old Saxon hevanwarda (“angel”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxe͜o.fon.wæ͜ɑrd/, [ˈhe͜o.von.wæ͜ɑrˠd] === Noun === heofonweard m The guardian of Heaven, God. ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “heofon-weard”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.