The story
- Old English · inherited fromhēafodland
- Middle English · inherited fromhedelond
- English todayheadland
From Middle English hedelond, hedelonde, from Old English hēafodland, hafudland (“boundary, headland”), equivalent to head + land. Eclipsed non-native Middle English chevicir (“headland”), borrowed from Old French chevecier (“head piece”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.