hofding

== Old English == === Etymology === Cognate with Old Norse hǫfðingi, equivalent to heafod + -ing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxof.dinɡ/, [ˈhov.diŋɡ] === Noun === hofding m chief, leader === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “hofding”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.