hǫfuð

See also: höfuð and höfuð-

Old Norse

Alternative forms

  • haufuð

Etymology

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

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

  1. head

Declension

Declension of hǫfuð (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hǫfuð hǫfuðit hǫfuð hǫfuðin
accusative hǫfuð hǫfuðit hǫfuð hǫfuðin
dative hǫfði hǫfðinu hǫfðum hǫfðunum
genitive hǫfuðs hǫfuðsins hǫfða hǫfðanna

Derived terms

Descendants

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

  • Icelandic: höfuð
  • Faroese: høvd, høvur
  • Norn: heved
  • Norwegian: hovud; (dialectal) huvud, hugud, hue, haud
    • → Norwegian Bokmål: hue
  • Jamtish: huvu
  • Elfdalian: ovuð
  • Old Swedish: hovuþ, huwuþ, hoffuidh, hwffuit
  • Old Danish: hofuþ, houæth, huwæth, howæth
  • Old Gutnish: hafuþ
    • Gutnish: häud, håvud
  • → English: Howth
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