hoved
See also: hoved-
English edit
Verb edit
hoved
- (nonstandard) Misconstruction of hove (as past tense of heave)
- 2009, Liz Hunt, The Daily Telegraph, 18 Aug, "The Material Girl lives up to her name":
- So how the hearts of the paps must have leapt as Madonna plus children – and lover Jesus – hoved into view off the coast of Italy this week.
- 2009, Liz Hunt, The Daily Telegraph, 18 Aug, "The Material Girl lives up to her name":
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Etymology edit
From Old Norse hǫfuð, haufuð, from Proto-Germanic *hafudą or *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, cf. English head, German Haupt, Dutch hoofd. The Germanic word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *káput, cognate with Latin caput (“head”).
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Noun edit
hoved n (singular definite hovedet, plural indefinite hoveder)
- head (the body part with the brain and main sense organs)
- mind (the cognitive activities of a human being)
- person
- (figuratively) head (something with a form or a position that resembles a head, e.g. a vegetable or a page)
Declension edit
Declension of hoved
neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | hoved | hovedet | hoveder | hovederne |
genitive | hoveds | hovedets | hoveders | hovedernes |
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hoved n (definite singular hovedet, indefinite plural hoveder, definite plural hovedene)