-had
Middle English
editSuffix
edit-had
- Alternative form of -hede
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *haidu, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“state, condition”) (originally a noun, represented by Old English hād). Cognate with Old Saxon -hēd, Dutch -heid, Old High German -heit (German -heit).
Pronunciation
editSuffix
edit-hād m
- forming nouns of condition or quality, from nouns or adjectives
Declension
editDeclension of -had (strong a-stem)