hovud

See also: hovud-

Norwegian Nynorsk

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hovud

skalle

hjerne

/heile

auga

nase

/nos

munn

hake

kjake

øyra

tinning

hals

/nakke

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Alternative forms

Dialects

• hovud (Tinn, Hovin, Western Telemark, Åmli, Gjøvdal, Ulvik, silent d)
• hòvúd (Setesdal)
• huvud (Hedmark, Northern Østerdalen, Upper Valdres, Upper Hallingdal, Gransherad, Hjartdal, Budal, Singsås)
• hugud (Hedmark, Oppland, Lower Hallingdal, Risør, Eastern Telemark, Meldal, Rennebu, Røros, Upper Gauldal, Tydal, Snåsa, Sørli, Nordli, Hattfjelldal, silent d)
• hòve (Hornnes, Evje, Åmli, Vest-Agder, Rogaland, Hordaland, Sognamål)
• haud (Nordfyrdemål, Sunnmøre, Romsdalsk, Nordmørsk, trø, north, silent d except in Sunnmøre and Nordfjord)
• hauv (Stangvik, Bjørnskinn)
• haue (Egdemål, Sunnfyrdemål, Romsdalsk, Nordmørsk, Hyllestad, Solund, Southern Helgeland, Alta)
• huu, hue (vik, Eidskog, Hedmark, Østerdalsmål, Hadeland, Eastern Telemark, Lower Telemark, Bardu, Målselv, Øverbygd)

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫfuð, from Proto-Germanic *hafudą or *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput- (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²hoˑvu/, /²hoˑvʉ/, [²hɞ̞ː.ʋʉ], [²hɞ̞ʋ.ʋʉ]
• (Voss, Hardanger) IPA^(key): /²hoːvu/, [²hoː.ʋu]
• (Western Telemark) IPA^(key): [²hɞ̞ː.ʋu]
• Rhymes: -vu, -vʉ
• Hyphenation: hò‧vud
• Note: The -d is always silent, except in declensions where it directly follows the v, such as in å hovde, or dialectal dative hovdæ (Setesdal) and hovde (West Telemark).

Noun

hovud n (definite singular hovudet, indefinite plural hovud, definite plural hovuda)

1. (anatomy) head

   Han slo seg i hovudet.

   He hit his head.

2. top, something that resembles a head
3. leader, head

   Synonyms: hovding, formann, hovudsmann

Declension

  Declension of hovud (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	hovud	hovudet	hovud	hovuda
compound-genitive	―	―	―	―

  Landsmål declension of hovud (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	hovud	hovudet	hovud	hovudi
dative	―	hovude	―	hovudom
compound-genitive	―	―	hovde-	―

Dialectal declension

  West Telemark declension of hovu (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	hovu	hovui, hovue	hovu	hovue, hovui
dative	―	hovde	―	―

Derived terms

• -hovda
• hovde-
• hovud-
• hovudbrot
• hovudrett

Related terms

• avhovda
• hovda
• hovde

References

• “hovud” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.