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====Usage notes====
====Usage notes====
The spelling ''hoft'' was adopted in the 1978 reform to suit the modern pronounciation, but ''hooved'' is still very common, especially among the older generations.
====Synonyms====
====Synonyms====
====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====

Revision as of 01:38, 13 October 2018

Skundavisk

Alternative form

hooved (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle Skundavisk hōued, from Old Skundavisk hōuod, hōbod, from Halmisk houbod, houbode, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą.

Pronunciation

IPA: /hɔɸt/

Noun

hoft n. (genitive hofts, plural hofte)

  1. head
    Mijn hoft dot mir wee.
    I have a headache (literally 'My head does me pain.')
  2. head (of an organisation)

Usage notes

The spelling hoft was adopted in the 1978 reform to suit the modern pronounciation, but hooved is still very common, especially among the older generations.

Synonyms

Derived terms

Related terms