heafodban

Old English

Etymology

hēafod (“head”) +‎ bān (“bone”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑː.fodˌbɑːn/, [ˈhæ͜ɑː.vodˌbɑːn]

Noun

hēafodbān n

skull

Declension

Declension of heafodban (strong-a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hēafodbān	hēafodbān
accusative	hēafodbān	hēafodbān
genitive	hēafodbānes	hēafodbāna
dative	hēafodbāne	hēafodbānum

References

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898), “heáfodbán”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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