heafodling

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From hēafod +‎ -ling.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑː.fod.linɡ/, [ˈhæ͜ɑː.vod.liŋɡ]

Noun[edit]

hēafodling m

an equal, fellow, fellow-servant, mate

Declension[edit]

Declension of heafodling (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hēafodling	hēafodlingas
accusative	hēafodling	hēafodlingas
genitive	hēafodlinges	hēafodlinga
dative	hēafodlinge	hēafodlingum

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: hevedling, hedling
- English: headling

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “heáfod-ling”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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