heafodwoþ

From hēafod- (“main”) +‎ wōþ (“song”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈxæ͜ɑː.fodˌwoːθ/, [ˈhæ͜ɑː.vodˌwoːθ]

hēafodwōþ f

1. main song
   • 10th century, Exeter Book Riddle 8‎^[1]:

     Iċ þurh mūþ sprece mongum reordum, wrenċum singe, wrixle ġeneahhe hēafodwōþe,…

     I speak with many voices through mouth, sing melodies, change abundantly my main song,…

Strong ō-stem:

• wōþ

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