See höfuð in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"english": "to droop the head",
"word": "drepa niður höfði"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to go bankrupt, to go broke",
"word": "fara á höfuðið"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to surrender oneself to an enemy",
"word": "færa einhverjum höfuð sitt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to hew of one's head, to kill outright",
"word": "ganga milli bols og höfuðs einhvers"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to hew of one's head, to kill outright",
"word": "ganga á milli bols og höfuðs á einhverjum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "gera höfðinu styttri"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to cut of someone's head, to make them shorter by the height of their head",
"word": "höfðinu styttri"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to name after someone",
"word": "láta heita í höfuðið á einhverjum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "höfuð-"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"word": "höggva höfuðið af einhverjum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to risk one's life",
"word": "hætta höfði"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to behead someone",
"word": "láta einhvern höfði skemmra"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to set a price on one's head",
"word": "leggja fé til höfuðs einhverjum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to put aside, neglect",
"word": "leggjast undir höfuð"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to stake one's head",
"word": "leggja við höfuð sitt"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to send one to take another's head",
"word": "senda einhvern til höfuðs einhverjum"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to make a wry face at one",
"word": "skera einhverjum höfuð"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
"english": "to be never free, to be never at ease",
"word": "strjúka aldrei um frjálst höfuð"
}
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"2": "non",
"3": "hǫfuð"
},
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"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "gem-pro",
"3": "*hafudą"
},
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"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "ine-pro",
"3": "*kauput-"
},
"expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *kauput-",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From Old Norse hǫfuð, from Proto-Germanic *hafudą or *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput- (“head”). More at English head.",
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{
"form": "höfuðs",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "höfuð",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "is-ndecl",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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]
},
{
"form": "höfuð",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "höfuðið",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "höfuð",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"indefinite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "höfuðin",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"nominative",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "höfuð",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
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"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
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"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "höfuð",
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]
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"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"accusative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "höfði",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "höfðinu",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "höfðum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "höfðunum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "höfuðs",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "höfuðsins",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "höfða",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
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"form": "höfðanna",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"definite",
"genitive",
"plural"
]
}
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},
"expansion": "höfuð n (genitive singular höfuðs, nominative plural höfuð)",
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}
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"name": "Anatomy",
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"Medicine",
"Sciences",
"Healthcare",
"All topics",
"Health",
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"name": "Icelandic entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
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},
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"_dis": "53 8 10 30",
"kind": "other",
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"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "73 6 6 15",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
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"_dis1": "68 18 2 12",
"sense": "vera höfði hærri (“to be taller by a head”)",
"word": "Það lagðist eigi þessa ferð undir höfuð"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "“Krummi croaks outside,\ncalling his namesake:\n‘I found the head of a ram,\nbackbone and sheepskin.’\nCome now and peck with me,\nKrummi, my namesake.”",
"ref": "1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson Krummi krunkar úti, kallar á nafna sinn",
"roman": "krummi nafni minn.",
"text": "„Ég fann höfuð af hrúti\nhrygg og gæruskinn.“\nKomdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"a head"
],
"id": "en-höfuð-is-noun-TrwgSrs6",
"links": [
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"anatomy"
],
[
"head",
"head"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(anatomy) a head"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "haus"
},
{
"word": "kollur"
}
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"topics": [
"anatomy",
"medicine",
"sciences"
]
},
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"head, chief"
],
"id": "en-höfuð-is-noun-geXQUzx8",
"links": [
[
"head",
"head"
],
[
"chief",
"chief"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Þetta var skip með gyltum höfðum.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"the ornamental prow of a ship"
],
"id": "en-höfuð-is-noun-8DoMRVUy",
"links": [
[
"ornamental",
"ornamental"
],
[
"prow",
"prow"
],
[
"ship",
"ship"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"english": "The bridle tore and the head on which it lay was lost.",
"text": "Slitnaði sundur beislið, og týndist höfuðið, er á var.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"an ornamental head on a bridle"
],
"id": "en-höfuð-is-noun-mnWg1~N6",
"links": [
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"bridle",
"bridle"
]
],
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/hœːvʏθ/"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"is:höfuð"
],
"word": "höfuð"
}
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"Icelandic lemmas",
"Icelandic neuter nouns",
"Icelandic nouns",
"Icelandic terms derived from Old Norse",
"Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Icelandic terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Icelandic terms inherited from Old Norse",
"Icelandic terms with redundant head parameter",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"derived": [
{
"english": "to droop the head",
"word": "drepa niður höfði"
},
{
"english": "to go bankrupt, to go broke",
"word": "fara á höfuðið"
},
{
"english": "to surrender oneself to an enemy",
"word": "færa einhverjum höfuð sitt"
},
{
"english": "to hew of one's head, to kill outright",
"word": "ganga milli bols og höfuðs einhvers"
},
{
"english": "to hew of one's head, to kill outright",
"word": "ganga á milli bols og höfuðs á einhverjum"
},
{
"word": "gera höfðinu styttri"
},
{
"english": "to cut of someone's head, to make them shorter by the height of their head",
"word": "höfðinu styttri"
},
{
"english": "to name after someone",
"word": "láta heita í höfuðið á einhverjum"
},
{
"word": "höfuð-"
},
{
"word": "höggva höfuðið af einhverjum"
},
{
"english": "to risk one's life",
"word": "hætta höfði"
},
{
"english": "to behead someone",
"word": "láta einhvern höfði skemmra"
},
{
"english": "to set a price on one's head",
"word": "leggja fé til höfuðs einhverjum"
},
{
"english": "to put aside, neglect",
"word": "leggjast undir höfuð"
},
{
"english": "to stake one's head",
"word": "leggja við höfuð sitt"
},
{
"english": "to send one to take another's head",
"word": "senda einhvern til höfuðs einhverjum"
},
{
"english": "to make a wry face at one",
"word": "skera einhverjum höfuð"
},
{
"english": "to be never free, to be never at ease",
"word": "strjúka aldrei um frjálst höfuð"
},
{
"sense": "vera höfði hærri (“to be taller by a head”)",
"word": "Það lagðist eigi þessa ferð undir höfuð"
}
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"tags": [
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"definite",
"plural"
]
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{
"form": "höfði",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "höfðinu",
"source": "declension",
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"dative",
"definite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "höfðum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "höfðunum",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"dative",
"definite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "höfuðs",
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"indefinite",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "höfuðsins",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
"genitive",
"singular"
]
},
{
"form": "höfða",
"source": "declension",
"tags": [
"genitive",
"indefinite",
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "höfðanna",
"source": "declension",
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"definite",
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"plural"
]
}
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"name": "is-noun"
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"english": "“Krummi croaks outside,\ncalling his namesake:\n‘I found the head of a ram,\nbackbone and sheepskin.’\nCome now and peck with me,\nKrummi, my namesake.”",
"ref": "1928, Krummavísa (“Raven Song”, on the Icelandic Wikisource) by Jón Ásgeirsson Krummi krunkar úti, kallar á nafna sinn",
"roman": "krummi nafni minn.",
"text": "„Ég fann höfuð af hrúti\nhrygg og gæruskinn.“\nKomdu nú og kroppaðu með mér,",
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}
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{
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"chief",
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"neuter"
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},
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],
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}
],
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"the ornamental prow of a ship"
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"ornamental",
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[
"prow",
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[
"ship",
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"neuter"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Icelandic terms with usage examples"
],
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{
"english": "The bridle tore and the head on which it lay was lost.",
"text": "Slitnaði sundur beislið, og týndist höfuðið, er á var.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"an ornamental head on a bridle"
],
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"bridle",
"bridle"
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],
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"neuter"
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}
],
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{
"ipa": "/hœːvʏθ/"
}
],
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],
"word": "höfuð"
}
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