hade

Meaning

Noun

State; order, estate, rank, degree, or quality.

Verb

To slope or incline from the vertical.

Synonyms

angle of hade

Pronounced as (IPA)

/heɪd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hade

Inherited from Old English: hād

Cognate with Old Saxon: hēd

Cognate with Old High German: heit

Cognate with Old Norse: heiðr

Cognate with Danish: hæder

Cognate with Swedish: heder

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌳𐌿𐍃

In summary

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.