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Icelandic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hǫfuð, from Proto-Germanic *hafudą or *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput- (“head”). More at English head.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]höfuð n (genitive singular höfuðs, nominative plural höfuð)
- (anatomy) a head
- 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
- Krummi krunkar úti,
kallar á nafna sinn:
„Ég fann höfuð af hrúti
hrygg og gæruskinn.“
Komdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,
krummi nafni minn.- “Krummi croaks outside,
calling his namesake:
‘I found the head of a ram,
backbone and sheepskin.’
Come now and peck with me,
Krummi, my namesake.”
- “Krummi croaks outside,
- 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson
- head, chief
- the ornamental prow of a ship
- Þetta var skip með gyltum höfðum.
- an ornamental head on a bridle
- Slitnaði sundur beislið, og týndist höfuðið, er á var.
- The bridle tore and the head on which it lay was lost.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Derived terms
- drepa niður höfði (to droop the head)
- fara á höfuðið (to go bankrupt, to go broke)
- færa einhverjum höfuð sitt (to surrender oneself to an enemy)
- ganga milli bols og höfuðs einhvers/ganga á milli bols og höfuðs á einhverjum (to hew of one's head, to kill outright)
- gera höfðinu styttri, höfðinu styttri (to cut of someone's head, to make them shorter by the height of their head)
- láta heita í höfuðið á einhverjum (to name after someone)
- höfuð-
- höggva höfuðið af einhverjum
- hætta höfði (to risk one's life)
- láta einhvern höfði skemmra (to behead someone)
- leggja fé til höfuðs einhverjum (to set a price on one's head)
- leggjast undir höfuð (to put aside, neglect)
- leggja við höfuð sitt (to stake one's head)
- senda einhvern til höfuðs einhverjum (to send one to take another's head)
- skera einhverjum höfuð (to make a wry face at one)
- strjúka aldrei um frjálst höfuð (to be never free, to be never at ease)
- vera höfði hærri (to be taller by a head)
- Það lagðist eigi þessa ferð undir höfuð.
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