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Of, in, or belonging to heaven, as the abode of God.
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v. heofon; V.
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  • Heofonlic hleóðor and se hálga song gehýred wæs,

    • Gú. 1297
      • .

  • Seó sáwl mót brúcan þæs heofonlican, siþþan heó biþ ábrogden from þǽm eorþlican,

    • Bt. 18, 4
      • ;
    • F. 68, 17
      • .

  • On ꝥ éce wuldor þæs heofenlican ríces.

    • Bl. H. 61, 6.

  • Mid heofonlicum þreáte háligra gásta,

    • 95, 6
      • .

  • Ðone weg þe ðé gelǽt tó þǽre heofenlican byrig,

    • Bt. 36, I
      • ;
    • F. 172, 29
      • .

  • Nú míne fét gongað on heofenlicne weg

    (I am dying),

    • Bl. H. 191, 21
      • .

  • Hié þá ongehýd heora heortan fæstlíce on þone heofonlican hyht gestaþelodon,

    • 135, 29
      • .

  • Hér Dúnstán forlét þis líf and geférde ꝥ heofonlice,

    • Chr. 988
      • ;
    • P. 125, 15
      • .

  • Hé ús forgeaf heofonlicne hám,

    • Kr. 148
      • .

  • Geearnian ðone hefonlican éðel.

    • Past. 255, 4.

  • Heofonlicra ceastriwarena

    supernorum (i. angelorum) ciuium,

    • An. Ox. 328
      • .

  • Geimpod tó ðǽm hefenlicum (hefon-, v. l.) diógolnessum,

    • Past. 99, 18
      • .

  • Þú gegæderast dá hiofonlicon sáwla and ðá eorþlican líchoman,

    • Bt. 33, 4
      • ;
    • F. 132, 23
      • .
proceeding from or belonging to the Deity, divine.
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Cf. heofon; VI.
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  • Þæt heofenlice gehát,

    • Bl. H. 135, 27
      • .

  • Wæs Drihten cweþende tó Marian líchoman, 'Aris þú, . . . þú eart þ heofenlice templ',

    • 157, 13
      • .

  • Seó onbláwnes þǽre heofonlican onfæðmnesse,

    • 7, 26
      • .

  • Mid þám heofonlicon wísdóme þe him se Hǽland forgeaf,

    • Angl. vii. 2, 10
      • .

  • Gesión ðá birhtu þæs heofenlican leóhtes cf. þá écan birhtu Godes, 5) mid módes eágum,

    • Bt. 34, 8
      • ;
    • F. 146, 2
      • .

  • Óþer dǽl sceal beón geclǽnsod on þám heofonlicon fýre,

    • 38, 4
      • ;
    • F. 204, l
      • .

  • Ic eów freoþige tó Fæder ꝥ hé eów gehealde þurh ꝥ heofenlice anwald,

    • Bl. H. 135, 26.

  • Wealdend þé gife heofonlicne hláf,

    • An. 389
      • .

  • Ic gebrenge þá heofonlican gód æt þám eáþmédum,

    • Bt. 7, 3
      • ;
    • F. 22, 2
      • .
applied to miraculous manifestations:
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  • Ofer his reliquias heofenlic leóht

    (lux caelestis)

    ealle niht wæs oferstandende,

    • Bd. 3, II
      • ;
    • Sch. 235, 9
      • :
    • Gfl. 1264
      • .

  • Seó ætýwnes heofonlices wundres

    miraculi caelestis ostensio,

    • Bd. 3, ii
      • ;
    • Sch. 237, 3
      • .

  • Hé getrymede heora geleáfan mid þon heofonlicon weorce

    (with working of miracles),

    • Bl. H. 17, 8
      • .
of or from heaven,
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v. heofon; II.
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  • Þá hine man on ꝥ fýr wearp, þá álýsde ic hine mid heofonlicon réne

    Croesum rogi flammis traditum, misso coelitus imbre defensum,

    • Bt. 7, 3
      • ;
    • F. 22, 13
      • .

  • Hit wearð fram heofonlicum fýre

    (igne caelesti)

    forbærned,

    • Ors. I. 3
      • ;
    • S. 32, 3
      • .

  • Úre fæderas ǽton heofonlicne mete (heofunlica, R. heofunlic, L.)

    manducaneurunt patres nostri manna,

    • Jn. 6, 58
      • .
having relation to heaven and divine things
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  • Þætte eal . . . sié ymb ðá heofonlican lufan . . . ðý lǽs him losige ðæt hefenlice ondgit

    ut per omne . . . ad amorem coelestium surgat, ne . . . ipso veritatis intellectu vacuetur,

    • Past. 84, 6-8
      • .

  • Heofenlicere lac[nunge]

    cflestis medicinae,

    • An. Ox. 381
      • .

  • Heofenlicun angite

    anagogen, i. superno sensu,

    • 184. p

  • gastlice, heofenlice

    contemplatiuam (uitam),

    • 2432.

  • Ic lufige þæt heofenlice and þæt gástlice ofer þis æorðlicc,

    • Solil. H. 12, 14.

  • Heofonlice blisse mon mihte á on his mode ongytan,

    • Bl. H. 223, 34
      • .

  • Sé ðe wile brúcan ðára godcundra ðinga and ðára hefonlicra lára,

    • Past. 81, 14
      • .

  • Ðú bescylst mid óþre eágan on þá heofenlican þing, mid óþre þú lócast on þás eorþlican,

    • Bt. 38, 5
      • ;
    • F. 206, 18
      • .
having the purity that belongs to heaven, chaste.
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Cf. heofon-bígenged
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  • Hic et haec et hoc caelebs

    clǽne oððe heofonlic,

    • Ælfc. Gl. Z. 66, 3.

  • Clǽngeorne

    celibes, i. casti, celestem vitam ducentes,

    heofenlicre

    celibea,

    • Wrt. Voc. ii. 130, 54
      • .
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Bosworth, Joseph. “heofon-lic.” 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/52295.

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