- héafodweg
- m (-es/-as) head-road
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
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