Chimeri

Norn
FWOTD – 18 June 2013

Alternative forms
  • chimeri
  • Chimrie

Etymology

From Old Norse himinríki, from himinn (“sky; heaven”) + ríki (“realm”).

Noun

Chimeri

  1. (religion) heaven
    • 1879, George Low, Joseph Anderson, A tour through the islands of Orkney and Schetland containing hints relative to their ancient modern and natural history collected in 1774, Kirkwall, page 105:
      “Fy vor o er i Chimeri. […]
      “Our father who is in heaven. […]
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