Heofon-ríce

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heofon-ríce

Add: I. heaven as the abode of God and angels :-- 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. (l) of God the Father :-- 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: Exod. 485: Dan. 12 : An. 52: Jul. 212: G5. 583: El. 197. Fæder mancynnes, . . . God lifigende . . . hiofenríces weard. Ps. C. 113 : Hy. 8, 2. Wnldres cyning, heofonríces helm, Cri. 566. Wuldorcyning, heofonríces God, Jul. 239 : El. 1125. (2) of Christ :-- Ic (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. II. heaven as the abode of beatified spirits :-- Þuacute; ús lǽrdest ꝥ wé ongeátan þæt ðæt ys úre ágen . . . þæt ys þæt heofonríce, Solil. H. 8, 1. 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; S. 248, 28: Sat. 216. On heofonríce eádge mid englum, Cri. 1246: 1639. In heofonríce habban eard mid englum, El. 621. III. a place or condition of the greatest pleasure of which a person is capable :-- 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. heofon-rice