heid
See also: Heid and -heid
Old Norse
Adjective
heid
- gleaming
Scots
Etymology
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)
- head
Synonyms
- pow
Veps
Pronoun
heid
- partitive of hö