Hade

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") (whence Danish hæder ("honour"), Swedish heder ("honour")), Gothic (haidus, "way, manner"). Same as -hood.

Alternative forms

• had, haid Scotland
• hod, hode

Full definition of hade

Noun

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.

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

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

Derived terms

• haded
• hading

Origin uncertain. Perhaps from a dialectal form of head.

Verb

1. (geology) To slope from the vertical

Noun

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

Anagrams

• DHEA
• head, Head