heafodclaþ

Old English

Etymology

From hēafod +‎ clāþ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑː.fodˌklɑːθ/, [ˈhæ͜ɑː.vodˌklɑːθ]

Noun

hēafodclāþ m

  1. (clothing) headcloth, headdress

Inflection

Strong a-stem:

singular plural
nominative hēafodclāþ hēafodclāþas
accusative hēafodclāþ hēafodclāþas
genitive hēafodclāþes hēafodclāþa
dative hēafodclāþe hēafodclāþum

References

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