meduſæhufwud

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin Medusae and archaic spelled Swedish hufwud (“head”).

Noun

meduſæhufwud n

1. obsolete typography of medusahuvud (“Medusa's head”)
   • 1841 September 25, anonymous author, “Utrikes [Foreign news]”, in Barometern, number Test issue, page 1:

     I Spanien will det borgerliga krigets förfärliga meduſæhufwud å nyo höja ſig.

     In Spain, the dreadful spectre of the civil war is set to rise anew.

     (literally, “In Spain the civil war's dreadful Medusa's head is set to rise anew.”)