héafodweg

héafodweg
m (-es/-as) head-road

Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.

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  • headway — c.1300, main road, highway, from O.E. heafodweg (see HEAD (Cf. head) (adj.) + WAY (Cf. way)). Sense of motion forward first attested 1748, short for ahead way; ultimately nautical (Cf. leeway) …   Etymology dictionary

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