hǫfðingi

Old Norse

Etymology

By combination of hǫfuð (“head”) +‎ -ing.

Noun

hǫfðingi

a chief, chieftain, leader, lord

Declension

Declension of hǫfðingi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
masculine	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hǫfðingi	hǫfðinginn	hǫfðingjar	hǫfðingjarnir
accusative	hǫfðingja	hǫfðingjann	hǫfðingja	hǫfðingjana
dative	hǫfðingja	hǫfðingjanum	hǫfðingjum	hǫfðingjunum
genitive	hǫfðingja	hǫfðingjans	hǫfðingja	hǫfðingjanna

Descendants

Icelandic: höfðingi
Faroese: høvdingi, høvdingur
Norwegian Nynorsk: hovding, høvding; (dialectal) høvning
Old Swedish: høfþinge
- Swedish: hövding
Danish: høvding
- Norwegian Bokmål: høvding

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