houbet

• heubet, heupt, höubet, houpt, höupt, höuvet

From Old High German houbit, from Proto-Germanic *haubudą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhou̯.bət/, (Central German) /ˈhøy̯.bət/

houbet n (plural houbet or houbete)

1. head
   • circa 1200, Walther von der Vogelweide, Under der linden:

     Dō het er gemachet alsō rīche
     Von bluomen eine bettestat.
     Des wirt noch gelachet inneclīche,
     Kumt iemen an daz selbe pfat.
     Bī den rōsen er wol mac
     Merken, wā mirz houbet lac.

     Then he made quite opulently
     A bedstead from flowers.
     That will still be laughed at deeply
     When someone comes down that same path.
     By the roses they may well
     Notice where my head has lain.

• German: Haupt