hǫfuð

See also: höfuð and höfuð-

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• haufuð

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 (genitive hǫfuðs, dative hǫfði, plural hǫfuð)

1. head

Declension

  Declension of hǫfuð (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hǫfuð	hǫfuðit	hǫfuð	hǫfuðin
accusative	hǫfuð	hǫfuðit	hǫfuð	hǫfuðin
dative	hǫfði	hǫfðinu	hǫfðum	hǫfðunum
genitive	hǫfuðs	hǫfuðsins	hǫfða	hǫfðanna

Derived terms

• -hǫfðaðr, -hǫfði (“-headed”)

Descendants

Some Norwegian dialectal descendants may come from the alternative form haufuð instead.

• Icelandic: höfuð
• Faroese: høvd, høvur
• Norn: heved
• Norwegian: hovud; (dialectal) huvud, hugud, hue, haud
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: hue
• Jamtish: huvu
• Elfdalian: ovuð
• Old Swedish: hovuþ, huwuþ, hoffuidh, hwffuit
  • Swedish: huvud
• Old Danish: hofuþ, houæth
  • Scanian: huweð
  • Danish: hoved, hode
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hode, hoved-
• Old Gutnish: hafuþ
  • Gutnish: häud, håvud
• English: Howth