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hǫfuð

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See also: höfuð and höfuð-

Old Norse

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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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

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hǫfuð n (genitive hǫfuðs, dative hǫfði, plural hǫfuð)

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Declension

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Descendants

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Some Norwegian dialectal descendants may come from the alternative form haufuð instead.