hade – English noun declension

English noun forms of hade

Noun: hade
Singularhade
Pluralhades

Sample Sentences

  • And I tolde the of the good hade of my God which was vpo me: [1838, The Holy Scriptures, Faithfully and Truly:]
  • My name was alle that I there gate, To wynne honour was onely the purpose Whiche that I tooke ; or that I come thereate, Other good hade I none than riche lose ; [1860, Thomas Occleve, De regimine principum:]
  • And I said it was don he wolde not cum in in that furme, for a mon of his hade met me be ye way withe an endenture was not like to be fulfillet. [1882, Great Britain. Public Record Office, Annual Report of the Deputy Keeper of the Public Records, page 584:]

Etymology

1. 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”).
2. 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. See: Middle English Nouns 'hade', Old Norse Nouns 'heiðr', Danish Nouns 'hæder', Swedish Nouns 'heder', Gothic Nouns '𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃'.