hǫfuð
Appearance
Old Norse
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *hafudą or *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, whence also Old English hēafod, Old Saxon hōvid, Old Dutch hōvit, Old High German houbit, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸 (haubiþ). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput-.
Noun
[edit]hǫfuð n (genitive hǫfuðs, dative hǫfði, plural hǫfuð)
Declension
[edit] Declension of hǫfuð (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Some Norwegian dialectal descendants may come from the alternative form haufuð instead.