Talk:Germanic chieftain

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This text (designated as a "stub") was moved from the Thing-article, where I didn't really see it to fit in.

Covardly I hope someone else will make something out of this text.
--Ruhrjung 20:48, 16 Aug 2003 (UTC)

The Norse word "Hof" as temple related to 'chieftain' "hofthing" as head of temple.

Though, it seems cognate with Chief/Chieftain, Captain / (German) Hauptmann; meaning "head" and 'hof' thus meaning "head" as well. Nagelfar (talk) 10:44, 17 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]