hufe

See also: Hufe and Hüfe

Old English

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hūbā, from Proto-Germanic *hūbǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuː.fe/, [ˈhuː.ve]

Noun

hūfe f

1. headgear, headcovering

Declension

Declension of hufe (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hūfe	hūfan
accusative	hūfan	hūfan
genitive	hūfan	hūfena
dative	hūfan	hūfum

Descendants

• Middle English: houve, houe, houfe, houffe, houwe, howe, howfe, howve; huve
  • Scots: how, hou

References

• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hūfe”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to I ⁠‎^[1], Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.