English Explanatory Dictionary

hade

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. State; order, estate, rank, degree, or quality.
verb
  1. To slope or incline from the vertical.
noun
  1. A slope; (in mining) the slope of a vein, fault or dike from the vertical; the complement of the dip.
noun
  1. A headland; a strip of land at the side of a field upon which a plough may be turned.

Pronunciation

/heɪd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hade.wav /hed/

Word forms

hade hades had haid hod hode hading haded

Etymology

From Middle English hade, had, hod, hed, from Old English hād (“person, individual, character, individuality, degree, rank, order, office, holy office, condition, state, nature, character, form, manner, sex, race, family, tribe, choir”), from Proto-West Germanic *haidu, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“appearance, kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kāy- (“light, bright, shining”). Cognate with Old Saxon hēd (“condition, rank”), Old High German heit (“person, personality, sex, condition, quality, rank”), Old Norse heiðr ("honour, dignity") (whence Danish hæder (“honour”), Swedish heder (“honour”)), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃 (haidus, “way, manner”). Same as -hood.

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