heafodædre

Old English

Etymology

hēafod- +‎ ǣdre

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑː.fodˌæːd.re/, [ˈhæ͜ɑː.vodˌæːd.re]

Noun

hēafodǣdre f

  1. cephalic vein

Declension

Weak feminine (n-stem):

singular plural
nominative hēafodǣdre hēafodǣdran
accusative hēafodǣdran hēafodǣdran
genitive hēafodǣdran hēafodǣdrena
dative hēafodǣdran hēafodǣdrum

References

Joseph Bosworth, T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hēafodǣdre”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.