hǫfuð

== 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) head ==== Declension ==== ==== 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, huwæth, howæth Scanian: huweð Danish: hoved, hode Norwegian Bokmål: hode, hoved- Old Gutnish: hafuþ Gutnish: häud, håvud → English: Howth