HÖFÐI

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Name Element

Contents 1 Origin and Meaning 1.1 Ancient Germanic 1.2 Old Norse 1.3 Gothic 1.4 Old Swedish 1.5 Old Saxon 1.6 Anglo-Saxon 1.7 Old High German 2 Combinations 3 Last Element Forms 4 References

Origin and Meaning

Germanic name element

Ancient Germanic

*habuda- = 'head' ^[1]
*haubida- = 'head' ^[1]

Old Norse

hǫfuð = 'head' ^{[2] [3] [1]}
haufuð = 'head' ^{[2] [3] [1]}

Gothic

haubiþ = 'head' ^[1]

Old Swedish

hovuþ = 'head' ^[4]
huvuþ = 'head' ^[4]

Old Saxon

hôƀid = 'head' ^[1]

Anglo-Saxon

héafod = 'head' ^[1]

Old High German

houbit = 'head' ^[1]

Combinations

Name Element	Example
BJÖRN	see Biarnhǫfði
HVIT	see Hvíthǫfði
KETILL	see Kætilhǫfði
KÅR	see Kárhǫfði
SEL	see Selshǫfuð
SVART	see Svarthǫfði

Last Element Forms

-hofthi -hoveth -hovudh -hǫfði -hǫfuð -hövde

References

1. ↑ Hjalmar Falk & Alf Torp: Etymologisk ordbok over det norske og det danske sprog (1999)
2. ↑ Lena Peterson: Nordiskt runnamnslexikon (2002)
3. ↑ Leiv Heggstad, Finn Hødnebø og Erik Simensen: Norrøn Ordbok (1997)
4. ↑ Elias Wessén: Våra ord (1997)