heafod
See also: heafod-
Middle English edit
Noun edit
heafod
- (Early Middle English) Alternative form of heed
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-. Cognate with Old Frisian hāved, Old Saxon hōƀid, Dutch hoofd, Old High German houbit, Old Norse hǫfuð, and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌱𐌹𐌸 (haubiþ). The Germanic source is related to Latin caput and Sanskrit कपालम् (kapālam).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hēafod n
- (anatomy) head
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost"
- Mīn hēafod hē hæfþ mid his ċeaflum befangen.
- It has seized my head in its jaws.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "THE PASSION OF THE APOSTLES PETER AND PAUL"
- Ic bidde eow, wendað min heafod adune, and astreccað mine fét wið heofonas weard: ne eom ic wyrðe þæt ic swa hangige swa min Drihten.
- I beseech you, turn my head down, and stretch my feet towards heaven: I am not worthy to hang as my Lord.
- late 10th century, Ælfric, "The Twenty-First Sunday After Pentecost"
- top
- captain: head, leader
- source, origin
Declension edit
Declension of heafod (strong a-stem)
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- forehēafod
- hafudland
- hēafod-
- hēafodbolster
- hēafodclāþ
- hēafodlēas
- hēafodling
- hēafodlīċ
- hēafodpanne
- hēafodwund
- oferhēafod