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Old English · adjective

heafodleas

Normalised hēafodlēas

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈxæ͜ɑː.fodˌlæ͜ɑːs/
[ˈhæ͜ɑː.vodˌlæ͜ɑːs]
Syllables
ˈxæ͜ɑː · fod · ˌlæ͜ɑːs (3 syllables)
Modern English
headless

All forms (10)

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *haubidalaus. Cognate with Old Frisian hāvedlās, Old High German houbitlōs. Equivalent to hēafod + -lēas.

Descendants

headless

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