heid

See also: Heid and -heid

Middle English

Noun

heid

1. (Northern) Alternative form of heed

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Old Norse

Adjective

heid

1. gleaming

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Scots

Etymology

From Middle English heid, heifd, northern forms of heed, heved, from Old English hēafod (compare English head), from Proto-Germanic *haubudą (compare Dutch hoofd, German Haupt, Swedish huvud), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *káput- (“head”) (compare Latin caput), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *kapōlo (“head, bowl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hid/

Noun

heid (plural heids)

1. head

Synonyms

• pow

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Veps

Pronoun

heid

1. partitive of hö