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#:: ''I have a headache (literally 'My '''head''' does me pain.')''
#:: ''I have a headache (literally 'My '''head''' does me pain.')''
# head ''(of an organisation)''
# head ''(of an organisation)''


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====Usage notes====

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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)

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