hovuþ

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫfuð, from Proto-Germanic *hafudą or *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput- (“head”). More at English head.

Noun

hovuþ n

  1. head
    • c. 1290, Christi pina, ll. 26–27
      ¶ Gør hænde men þæt houoþet liutar :
      þy at handenna lif af hofþeno flytar :
      If the hand causes harm the head takes the blame, for the hand’s life from the head does flow

Declension
  Declension of hovuþ (strong a-stem)
neuter singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative hovuþ hovuþit hovuþ hovuþin
accusative hovuþ hovuþit hovuþ hovuþin
dative hofþi hofþinu, hofþino hofþum hofþumin, hofþumen
genitive hovuþs hovuþsins hofþa hofþanna

Descendants
  • Swedish: huvud
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