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-hád
/xa:d /*
Morphological Analysis
Wordclass: Noun, Suffix
Related §§ in Wright's OE Grammar:
-hád
a suffix forming abstract nouns, e. g. bisceop-, cild-, man-, wer-hid, etc. In the oldest English it is found combined only with nouns, while in the later stages of the language, as in O. Sax. O. Frs. O. H. Ger. words are formed with it from adjectives. An early instance occurs in the Land MS. of the Chronicle 'druncenhed,' 1070; Erl. 209, 35. In later English it takes two forms, -hode, -hede; in modern times, -hood, -head. [O. Sax. héd : O. Frs. -héd,-héde, -heid : O. H. Ger. -heit, -heiti : Ger. -heit : Dan. -hed.] v. hád.
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hád
. Add: I. person ; persona. (1) a character in a drama or the like :-- Þonne se sceop in gebtingð óðre hádas þe wið hine wurdlion, swylce hig him andswarion, Angl. viii. 330, 43. (l a) (one's own) person :-- Swylce ágenum háde ł naman ceu propria persona. An. Ox. 2329. (2) an individual :-- Þ̵ ǽnum untrumum háde wæs forgyfen quod uni personae infirmanti conceditur, Bd. i. 27 ; Sch. 83, 10. Swýðe yfelice mæn and þyses woroldlican lífes hádas viles et saeculares vitae personae, Gr. D. 232, 5 : Gú. 2.
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-hád
. Add; I. with nouns. (l) marking condition of life, weorold-hád. cf. hád. III. 1. (2) with nouns of persons, (a) marking natural condition, cild -, cniht-. fǽmn-, hægsteald-, mægden-, mægþ-, man-, wer-, wíf- hád. cf. III. 2 a. (b) marking office, rank, apostol-, bisceop-, mæsse-preóst-, martyr-, munuc-, pápan-, preóst-, sácerd-hád. cf. hád ; V. V a. (3) with abstract nouns (a) of condition, fulwiht-, geoguþ-, mǽgb-hád. (b) of action, camp-, níd-had.
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