heafod
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See also: heafod-
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]heafod
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of heed
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-. Cognate with Old Frisian hāved, Old Saxon hōƀid, Dutch hoofd, Old High German houbit, Old Norse hǫfuð, and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸 (haubiþ). The Germanic source is related to Latin caput and Sanskrit कपालम् (kapālam).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hēafod n
- (anatomy) head
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost"
- Mīn hēafod hē hæfþ mid his ċeaflum befangen.
- It has seized my head in its jaws.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "THE PASSION OF THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL"
- Ic bidde eow, wendað min heafod adune, and astreccað mine fét wið heofonas weard: ne eom ic wyrðe þæt ic swa hangige swa min Drihten.
- I beseech you, turn my head down, and stretch my feet towards heaven: I am not worthy to hang as my Lord.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost"
- top
- captain: head, leader
- source, origin
Declension
[edit]Declension of hēafod (strong a-stem)
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- forehēafod
- hafudland
- hēafod-
- hēafodbolster
- hēafodclāþ
- hēafodlēas
- hēafodling
- hēafodlīċ
- hēafodpanne
- hēafodwund
- oferhēafod
Descendants
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- ang:Anatomy
- Old English terms with quotations
- Old English neuter a-stem nouns
- ang:Head and neck