hoved

Pronunciation: /ˈhoːəð/

“hoved” is a Danish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

head (the body part with the brain and main sense organs)
mind (the cognitive activities of a human being)
person
head (something with a form or a position that resembles a head, e.g. a vegetable or a page)

Etymology

From Old Danish howæth, huwæth, from Old Norse hǫfuð, haufuð, from Proto-Germanic *hafudą or *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, cf. English head, dialectal German Haupt, Dutch hoofd. The Germanic word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *káput, cognate with Latin caput (“head”).

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