heed

Middle English

/hɛːd/

noun
Definitions
  • head top portion of a human or animal, connected to the neck:
  • The chief, most renowned or most prominent thing or person in a group:
  • start, origin
  • The functional or useful end of a tool or device.
  • A rounded or head-shaped bump, boil, or similar protrusion.
  • One's ability to live
  • impetuousness, rashness, impatience; being unconsidered.
  • (by extension) individual; someone or somebody
  • (rare) military force or troop

Etymology

Inherited from Old English hēafod (head, top, origin, chief, leader, capital, source) inherited from Proto-Germanic *haubudą (head).

Origin

Proto-Germanic

*haubudą

Gloss

head

Concept
Semantic Field

The body

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

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