höfuð-

Etymology
From.

Prefix

 * 1) chief, main, cardinal or salient
 * 2) of or pertaining to the head

Derived terms

 * (a chief river)
 * (an archangel)
 * (a cardinal point)
 * (the head stem, agnate lineage)
 * (the head-band, snood, fillet)
 * (death, destruction)
 * (the head bones)
 * (slay, shroud)
 * (stay, support)
 * (chief sacrifice)
 * (head town, capital)
 * (chief estate, manorial estate)
 * (great damage, ruin)
 * (literally: "bearing of the head")
 * (honour, credit, prestige)
 * (to do little honour, credit)
 * Svo líst mér sem lítill höfuðburður muni mér að þessu barnfóstri.
 * (syn. höfuðból)
 * (head-kerchief, hood)
 * (protector, patron)
 * (great jewel)
 * (capital gift)
 * (principal god)
 * (great luck)
 * (principal feast)
 * (great champion, chief)
 * (the upper part of the body, antonym; )
 * (chief temple)
 * (great masses of ice, ice-banks)
 * (syn.: höfuðhetja)
 * (great clerk, ecclesiastic)
 * (high-church, cathedral)
 * (great clerk or scholar)
 * (sovereign king)
 * , (headless, without a head)
 * , (with out a leader or master)
 * Höfuðlaus herra.
 * (chief physician)
 * (cardinal sin)
 * (head-man, chief)
 * (sore or boil on the head)
 * (head-master)
 * (chief mark, characteristic)
 * ,, (big-headed)
 * (ransom)
 * (great need)
 * (head-kinsmen, angates)
 * (delirium)
 * (chief council)
 * (chief adviser)
 * (wound in the head)
 * (syn. höfuðbani)
 * (great poet)
 * (the opening for the head)
 * (head-skin, scalp)
 * standa yfir höfuðsvörðum e-s (to have an enemny's head in one's power)
 * (cardinal sin)
 * (chief seat)
 * (chief language)
 * (principal weapon)
 * (headache)
 * (bosom friend)
 * (bodyguard)
 * (chief meeting)
 * (head-washing)