- "half-dogs." Also, in Anglo-Saxon England, the Old
English word
wulfes heafod ("wolf's head") was a
technical term for an outlaw, who
could be killed...
-
modwlonc meowle, þæt heo on mec gripeð, ræseð mec on reodne, reafað min
heafod, ****eð mec on fæsten. Feleþ sona
mines gemotes, seo þe mec nearwað, wif...
-
dohtor modwlonc meowle þæt heo on mec
gripe ræseð mec on
reodne reafath min
heafod ****eð mec on fæsten. Feleþ sona
mines gemotes seo þe mec nearwað wif wundenlocc...
- appearance, beauty" kurm “torso” and krep *káput ~ *kapwéts "head" head (< OE
hēafod); OE hafela,
hafola "head" caput,
capitis "head" ⇒ kapā́la "skull, cranium;...
- ofer ǣðe / umborwesende. þā gǣt hīe him āsetton /
segen geldenne hēah ofer
hēafod, / lēton holm beran, gēafon on gārsecg; / him wæs geōmor sefa, murnende...
-
streams where they join. The
first part is
probably derived from Old
English hēafod, here 'hill-top', in general, 'head', 'headland', 'summit', 'upper end'...
-
single long foot) Short-long: færeld "journey", pl. færeld Long-short:
hēafod "head", pl. hēafdu (from *hēafodu) Long-long: īsern "iron", pl. īsern Note...
-
resemblance to "Shepshed" is accidental, for that
derives from Scēape and
Hēafod,
meaning high
ground for sheep: Ekwall,
Dictionary of
English Place-Names...
-
etymology is unknown;
although the "-head"
ending of the name, from Old
English heafod indicates the town's high
situation in the
Staffordshire Moorlands. Mow...
- of the Pennines. Its name
originates in the Old
English Cunecesheafod (
heafod means headland, the
meaning of
cunec is less
clear but is
thought to derive...
