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") (whence Danish hæder (“honour”), Swedish heder (“honour”)), Gothic [script needed] (haidus, “way, manner”). Same as -hood.
Alternative forms
Noun
English - 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
Verb
hade (third-person singular simple present hades, present participle hading, simple past and past participle haded)
Derived terms
English - 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)
Noun
Danish - Verb
hade (imperative had, infinitive at hade, present tense hader, past tense hadede, past participle har hadet)