hofuþ
Old Danish edit
Alternative forms edit
- houæth (Jutlandic)
Etymology edit
From Old Norse hǫfuð, from Proto-Germanic *hafudą or *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
hofuþ n (indefinite dative singular høfþi)
- (Scania) head
- c. 1250, "Um sar oc hulsar", Codex Holmiensis B 74, chapter 89.
- Oc fore hulsar ær warthær […] ællær i høfþe swa at hiarnæ ma se […]
- And for deep wounds that are inflicted […] or in the head, so that the brain is visible […]
- c. 1250, "Um sar oc hulsar", Codex Holmiensis B 74, chapter 89.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Danish: hoved
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