hövitsman

== Swedish == === Etymology === From Old Swedish høvitzman, probably from older huvuþsmaþer, from Middle Low German hövetsman. Doublet of huvudman. Compare Icelandic höfuðsmaður, German Hauptmann, English headsman. See also hövding. === Noun === hövitsman c (historical) commander-in-chief ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== rikshövitsman === References === “hövitsman”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) hövitsman in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) hovuds man in Knut Fredrik Söderwall, Ordbok öfver svenska medeltids-språket, del 1: A-L