höfuð

== Icelandic == === Etymology === From Old Norse hǫfuð, from Proto-Germanic *hafudą or *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European *káput (“head”). More at English head. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hœːvʏθ/ === Noun === höfuð n (genitive singular höfuðs, nominative plural höfuð) (anatomy) a head Synonyms: (less formal) haus, (uncommon) kollur 1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson head, chief the ornamental prow of a ship an ornamental head on a bridle ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ====