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
neuter	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

Danish: hoved
Faroese: høvd, høvur
Icelandic: höfuð

Norwegian: hode (Bokmål), hovud (Nynorsk)
Swedish: huvud

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