heid
Middle English edit
Noun edit
heid
- (Northern) Alternative form of heed
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
heid f (definite singular heidi, indefinite plural heidar, definite plural heidarne or heidane)
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
From heiðr (“brightness, honor, worth”).
Adjective edit
heid
Scots edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English heid, heifd, northern forms of heed, heved, 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 edit
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heid (plural heids)
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heid