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Old Norse
Alternative forms
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
Declension of hǫfuð (strong a-stem)
Derived terms
Descendants
Some Norwegian dialectal descendants may come from the alternative form haufuð instead.