hadda

See also: haddá

English

Contraction

hadda

1. (nonstandard) had to
   • 1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure

     Told him I hadda be on the bus for work and he rode with me.

2. (Canada, US, nonstandard) had (used in conditional statements; compare had've)

   If I hadda known, I wouldn't've gone.

Anagrams

• Hadad, dadah

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hád.dàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [hád.dàː]

Noun

haddā̀ f (possessed form haddàr̃)

1. memorization

Icelandic

Noun

hadda

1. indefinite accusative plural of haddur
2. indefinite genitive plural of haddur

Old Norse

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hadda f (genitive hǫddu)

1. pot-hook, pot-handle

Declension

  Declension of hadda (weak ōn-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hadda	haddan	hǫddur	hǫddurnar
accusative	hǫddu	hǫdduna	hǫddur	hǫddurnar
dative	hǫddu	hǫddunni	hǫddum	hǫddunum
genitive	hǫddu	hǫddunnar	haddna	haddnanna

Descendants

• Norwegian Nynorsk: hodde f

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

hadda

1. accusative plural of haddr
2. genitive plural of haddr