- "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...
- "corpse, body" 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...
- 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...
-
streams where they join. The
first part is
probably derived from Old
English hēafod, here 'hill-top', in general, 'head', 'headland', 'summit', 'upper end'...
- ("the woods"), and eorðe ("the ground"). Þū fēolle on eorðan and slōge þīn
hēafod ("You fell on the
ground and hit your head"). Also "the world", whether...
-
single long foot) Short-long: færeld "journey", pl. færeld Long-short:
hēafod "head", pl. hēafdu (from * hēafodu) Long-long: īsern "iron", pl. īsern Note...
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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...
-
derives from the Old
English pre–7th
century word "hwit"
meaning white, plus "
heafod", a head,
combined to form a
descriptive nickname for
someone with white...
