hǫfðingi
Old Norse
noun
Definitions
- a chief, chieftain, leader, lord
Etymology
Affix from Old Norse hǫfuð (head).
Origin
Old Norse
hǫfuð
Gloss
head
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
頭
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hode Norwegian Bokmål
- hoved- Norwegian Bokmål
- høvding Norwegian Bokmål
- *habudą Proto-Germanic
- *hafudą Proto-Germanic
- *haubudą Proto-Germanic
- huvud Swedish
- hövding Swedish
- hovud Norwegian Nynorsk
- høvding Norwegian Nynorsk
- asnahǫfuð Old Norse
- fjǫlhǫfðaðr Old Norse
- hǫfuð Old Norse
- hoved Danish
- höfuð Icelandic
- høvd Faroese
- høvur Faroese
- høfþinge Old Swedish
- huweð Scanian