hade

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English had, hed, hod, 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"; > Danish hæder (“honour”), Swedish heder (“honour”)), Gothic  (haidus, “way, manner”). Same as -hood.

Alternative forms

• had, haid (Scotland)
• hod, hode

Noun

hade (plural hades)

1. (obsolete) Person (in all senses).
2. (obsolete, biological) Sex; gender.
3. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) Order; estate; rank; degree; holy or religious orders.
4. (Now chiefly dialectal, Scotland) State; condition; quality; kind.

Etymology 2

From Middle English hadien, hodien, from Old English hādian (“to ordain, consecrate”), from Old English hād (“rank, order, office, holy office”). See above.

Alternative forms

• hode

Verb

hade (third-person singular simple present hades, present participle hading, simple past and past participle haded)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To ordain; consecrate; admit to a religious order.

Derived terms

• haded
• hading

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)

1. (geology) To slope from the vertical

Noun

hade (plural hades)

1. (geology) The slope of a vein or fault from the vertical; the complement of the dip

Anagrams

• DHEA
• head, Head

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse hata.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /haːdə/, [ˈhæːðə]
• Homophone: havde

Verb

hade (imperative had, infinitive at hade, present tense hader, past tense hadede, past participle har hadet)

1. hate

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈhaˌdɛ/

Verb

hade

1. past tense of ha.

   Jag hade en katt en gång i tiden.

   I had a cat once.

2. past tense of hava.