heid

See also: Heid, and -heid

Middle English

Noun

heid

1. (Northern) Alternative form of heed

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

heid f (definite singular heidi, indefinite plural heidar, definite plural heidarne or heidane)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of hei

Old Norse

Etymology

From heiðr (“brightness, honor, worth”).

Adjective

heid

1. gleaming

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English heid, heifd, northern forms of heed, heved, from Old English hēafod (compare English head), from Proto-Germanic *haubudą (compare Dutch hoofd, German Haupt, Swedish huvud), from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *káput- (“head”) (compare Latin caput), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *kapōlo (“head, bowl”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hid/

Noun

heid (plural heids)

1. head

Synonyms

• pow

Veps

Pronoun

heid

1. partitive of hö