English

Verb

hoved

1. (nonstandard) misconstruction of hove
   • 2009, Liz Hunt, The Daily Telegraph, 18 Aug, "The Material Girl lives up to her name":

     So how the hearts of the paps must have leapt as Madonna plus children – and lover Jesus – hoved into view off the coast of Italy this week.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hǫfuð, haufuð, from Proto-Germanic *hafudą or *habudą, northern form of *haubudą, from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *kaput- ‎(“head”). More at English head.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoːvəd/, [ˈhoːð̩]

Noun

hoved n (singular definite hovedet, plural indefinite hoveder)

1. A head.
2. A sense, a perception, a memory.
3. A person.

Declension

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