hǫfðingi

== Old Norse == === Etymology === By combination of hǫfuð (“head”) +‎ -ing. === Noun === hǫfðingi a chief, chieftain, leader, lord ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== Icelandic: höfðingi Faroese: høvdingi, høvdingur Norwegian Nynorsk: hovding, høvding; (dialectal) høvning Old Swedish: høfþinge, høfþinger, høfdhinger Swedish: hövding Danish: høvding Norwegian Bokmål: høvding