hǫfuð
See also: höfuð and höfuð-
Old Norse
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
- 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 |
Descendants
- Icelandic: höfuð
- Faroese: høvd
- Norn: heved
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Bokmål: hode, hoved-
- Norwegian Nynorsk: hovud
- Old Swedish: hovuþ
- Swedish: huvud
- Old Danish: houæth
- Danish: hoved
- Old Gutnish: hafuþ
- Gutnish: häud, håvud
- Westrobothnian: hôvu, hævu, hóvu, heeod, höur
- Elfdalian: ovuð
- Scanian: huweð