hade
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English hod, had, 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-Germanic *haiduz (“appearance, kind”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kāi- (“light, bright, shining”). Cognate with Old Saxon hēd (“consition, 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.
Noun
hade (plural hades)
Etymology 2
From Middle English hoden, hodien, from Old English hādian (“to ordain, consecrate”), from Old English hād (“rank, order, office, holy office”). See above.
Alternative forms
Verb
hade (third-person singular simple present hades, present participle hading, simple past and past participle haded)
- (transitive, obsolete) To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.
Etymology 3
Origin uncertain. Perhaps from a dialectal form of head.
Verb
hade (third-person singular simple present hades, present participle hading, simple past and past participle haded)
Noun
hade (plural hades)
Danish
Verb
hade (imperative had, infinitive at hade, present tense hader, past tense hadede, perfect tense har hadet)
- to hate
Conjugation
Middle English
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /²hadɛ/