höfuð-

See also: höfuð and hǫfuð

Icelandic

Etymology

From höfuð (“head”).

Prefix

höfuð-

1. chief, main, cardinal or salient
2. of or pertaining to the head

Derived terms

• höfuðá f (a chief river)
• höfuðárr m (an archangel)
• höfuðátt f (a cardinal point)
• höfuðbaðmur m (the head stem, agnate lineage)
• höfuðband n (the head-band, snood, fillet)
• höfuðbani f (death, destruction)
• höfuðbein n pl (the head bones)
• höfuðbenda f (nautical) (slay, shroud)
• höfuðbenda f (figuratively) (stay, support)
• höfuðblót n (chief sacrifice)
• höfuðborg f (head town, capital)
• höfuðból n (chief estate, manorial estate)
• höfuðbrot n (great damage, ruin)
• höfuðburður m (literally: "bearing of the head")
• höfuðburður m (figuratively) (honour, credit, prestige)

  lítill höfuðburður að (to do little honour, credit)

  Svo líst mér sem lítill höfuðburður muni mér að þessu barnfóstri.

• höfuðbær m (syn. höfuðból)
• höfuðdúkur m (head-kerchief, hood)
• höfuðfaðir m (protector, patron)
• höfuðgersemi f (great jewel)
• höfuðgjöf f (capital gift)
• höfuðgoð n (principal god)
• höfuðgæfa f (great luck)
• höfuðhátíð f (principal feast)
• höfuðhetja f (great champion, chief)
• höfuðhlutur m (the upper part of the body, antonym; fótahlutur)
• höfuðhof n (chief temple)
• höfuðísar m pl (great masses of ice, ice-banks)
• höfuðkempa f (syn.: höfuðhetja)
• höfuðkennimaður m (great clerk, ecclesiastic)
• höfuðkirkja f (high-church, cathedral)
• höfuðklerkur m (great clerk or scholar)
• höfuðkonungur m (sovereign king)
• höfuðlaus m or f, höfuðlaust n (headless, without a head)
• höfuðlaus m or f, höfuðlaust n (with out a leader or master)

  Höfuðlaus herra.

• höfuðlæknir m (chief physician)
• höfuðlöstur m (cardinal sin)
• höfuðmaður m (head-man, chief)
• höfuðmein n (sore or boil on the head)
• höfuðmeistari m (head-master)
• höfuðmerki n (chief mark, characteristic)
• höfuðmikill m, höfuðmikil f, höfuðmikið n (big-headed)
• höfuðmundur m (ransom)
• höfuðnausyn f (great need)
• höfuðniðjar m pl (head-kinsmen, angates)
• höfuðórar m pl (delirium)
• höfuðráð n (chief council)
• höfuðráðgjafi m (chief adviser)
• höfuðsár (wound in the head)
• höfuðsbani m (syn. höfuðbani)
• höfuðskáld n (great poet)
• höfuðsmátt f (the opening for the head)
• höfuðsvörður m (head-skin, scalp)

  standa yfir höfuðsvörðum e-s (to have an enemny's head in one's power)

• höfuðsynd f (cardinal sin)
• höfuðsæti n (chief seat)
• höfuðtunga f (chief language)
• höfuðvopn n (principal weapon)
• höfuðverkur m (headache)
• höfuðvinur m (bosom friend)
• höfuðvörður m (bodyguard)
• höfuðþing n (chief meeting)
• höfuðþvottur m (head-washing)
• höfuðbúnaður

See also

• aðal-