hovuþ

Old Swedish

Etymology

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.

Noun

hovuþ n

1. head
   • c. 1290, Christi pina, ll. 26–27

     ¶ Gør hænde men þæt houoþet liutar :
     þy at handenna lif af hofþeno flytar :

     If the hand causes harm the head takes the blame, for the hand’s life from the head does flow

Declension

  Declension of hovuþ (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hovuþ	hovuþit	hovuþ	hovuþin
accusative	hovuþ	hovuþit	hovuþ	hovuþin
dative	hofþi	hofþinu, hofþino	hofþum	hofþumin, hofþumen
genitive	hovuþs	hovuþsins	hofþa	hofþanna

Descendants

• Swedish: huvud