heafodban

Old English

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heafodban

heafodban

heafodban

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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

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.

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