hufe

See also: Hufe and Hüfe

Old English

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *hūbā, from Proto-Germanic *hūbǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxuː.fe/, [ˈhuː.ve]

Noun

hūfe f

1. a covering for the head (e.g. bonnet, cap, hood, etc.)

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	hūfe	hūfan
accusative	hūfan	hūfan
genitive	hūfan	hūfena
dative	hūfan	hūfum

Derived terms

• hūfian

Descendants

• Middle English: houve, houe, houfe, houffe, houwe, howe, howfe, howve, huve (Early Middle English)
  • Scots: how, hou

References

• Angus Cameron, Ashley Crandell Amos, Antonette diPaolo Healey, editors (2018), “hūfe”, in Dictionary of Old English: A to Le ⁠, Toronto: University of Toronto, →OCLC.