- "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...
- appearance, beauty" kurm “torso” and krep *káput ~ *kapwéts "head" head (< OE
hēafod); OE hafela,
hafola "head" caput,
capitis "head" ⇒ kapā́la "skull, cranium;...
-
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...
- 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...
-
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...
-
single long foot) Short-long: færeld "journey", pl. færeld Long-short:
hēafod "head", pl. hēafdu (from *hēafodu) Long-long: īsern "iron", pl. īsern Note...
- wæs, eft ic cwom. æghwa mec reafað, hafað mec on headre, ond min
heafod scireþ, biteð mec on bær lic, briceð mine wisan.
Monnan ic ne bite,...
- ("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...
-
streams where they join. The
first part is
probably derived from Old
English hēafod, here 'hill-top', in general, 'head', 'headland', 'summit', 'upper end'...
-
execution site at
Livery Dole, it is
thought most
likely to
derive from
heafod–treow (old
English for "head tree"),
which refers to a tree on
which the...