hade

hade · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)kāy-“light, bright, shining”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*haiduz“appearance, kind”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*haidu
4. Old English · inherited fromhād“person, individual, character, individuality, degree, rank, order, office, holy office, condition, state, nature, character, form, manner, sex, race, family, tribe, choir”
5. Middle English · inherited fromhade
6. English todayhade

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.

hade · verb, noun²

Uncertain. Perhaps from a dialectal form of head.

hade · noun³

1. Old English · inherited fromhēafdum
2. Middle English · inherited fromhade
3. English todayhade

Probably from a dialectal or variant form of head. According to Sundby, from Middle English hade, havede, from Old English hēafdum, dative plural of hēafod (“head”) as evidenced in the Worcestershire bynames/surnames atte Haveden, atte Haden, although derivation from other inflected forms (where trisyllabic shortening then open-syllable lengthening would've occured; compare lady) is also possible, in which case the bynames would still attest the dative plural.

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