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Finnish
Noun
hovit
- nominative plural of hovi
Anagrams
Old Dutch
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *haubudą.
Noun
hōvit n
- head
Sattos aruit an ruggi unsin, gesattos man ouir hôvit unsa- You set tribulations on our back, you set men over our heads
Declension
hōvit is only attested in the singular. The inflections given in the chart are the attested forms, but the root hōvit has various spellings. The plural inflections are hypothetical as indicated by the asterisk.
Descendants
Further reading
- “hōvit”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012