heafodban

Old English

Picture dictionary
heafodban brægn eage lippa nosu muþ cinn ceoce eare þunwange heals
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Etymology

hēafod (“head”) +‎ bān (“bone”)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hēafodbān n

1. skull

Declension

Strong a-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hēafodbān	hēafodbān
accusative	hēafodbān	hēafodbān
genitive	hēafodbānes	hēafodbāna
dative	hēafodbāne	hēafodbānum

Descendants

• Middle English: hæfdbon, hæuedbæn, *heedbon
  • English: headbone

References

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