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HÁD

  • noun [ masculine ]
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HÁD, es; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§133; §397; §605;
person; persona
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  • Ðú ne besceáwast nánes mannes hád

    non respicis personam hominum,

      Mt. Bos. 22, 16.

  • Cyninges naman hæfde and wæs ðæs hádes well wyrþe regis nomine ac persona dignissimus, Bd. 3, 21; S. 550, 40, MS. B. Weorþian wé ða cláþas his hádes

    let us honour the clothes of his person,

      Blickl. Homl. 11, 9.

  • Hé wæs on ánum háde twegra gecynda

    he was of two natures in one person,

      33, 33.

  • On þrým hádum efnespédelícum

    in tribus personis consubstantialibus,

      Bd. 4, 17; S. 585, 38 : Homl. Th. ii. 42, 26.

  • Þrý hádas synd worda. Se forma hád is ðe sprecþ be him sylfum ána . . . Se óðer hád ðe se forma sprecþ tó ... Se þridda hád is be ðam ðe se forma hád sprecþ tó ðam óðrum háde

    there are three persons of verbs. The first person is he who speaks about himself alone . . . The second person is he whom the first speaks to . . . The third person is he about whom the first person speaks to the second person,

      Ælfc. Gr. 22; Som. 23, 49-53.

  • Hád ðæt is

    persona,

      15; Som. 17, 30.
sex
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  • Gewuldrad is se heánra hád

    the humbler sex is glorifed,

      Exon. 9 a; Th. 7, 10; Cri. 99.

  • Óðre monige ǽghwæðeres hádes

    alii utriusque sexus,

      Bd. 1, 7; S. 479, 12.

  • Ǽlcere yldo and háde

    omni ætati et sexui,

      1, 1; S. 473, 22.

  • Ðæt hé ne forðon wíflíce háde árede

    ut ne sexui quidem miliebri parceret,

      2, 20; S. 521, 25.
degree, rank, order, condition
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  • Hád

    gradus,

      Ælfc. Gr. 11; Som. 15, 17.

  • Gehwylces hádes menn

    men of every degree,

      Blickl. Homl. 47, 34 : L. Ecg. C. 32; Th. ii. 156, 19.

  • Sundor ánra gehwilc herige in háde

    let each one separately praise thee in their degree,

      Cd. 192; Th. 239, 16; Dan. 371 : 28; Dan. 377 : Th. 240, 27; Dan. 393.

  • Fore ǽlcum háde ciricelíca

    pro omni gradu æcclesiastico,

      Rtl. 175, 25 : 193. 37.

  • Wer on lǽwedum háde

    vir in laico habitu,

      Bd. 5, 13; S. 632, 7 : 4, 11; S. 579, 19.

  • Hé on lǽwedum háde beón sceolde

    he had to lead the life of a layman,

      Blickl. Homl. 213, 9.

  • Heárra on háde

    higher in rank,

      L. Eth. 6, 52; Th. i. 328, 14.

  • Þurh háligne hád gecýðed

    made known by clerks,

      Exon. 34 a; Th. 107, 27; Gú. 65.

  • Seofon hádas syndon gesette on bócum tó Godes þénungum intó Godes circan

    seven orders are appointed in books for God's ministries in God's church,

      L. Ælfc. P. 34; Th. ii. 378, 1 : L. Ælfc. C. 10; Th. ii. 346, 25.

  • Monige sindon hádas under heofenum

    many are the conditions under the heavens,

      Exon. 33 a; Th. 104, 3; Gú. 2.

  • Biscopes oððe óðera háda

    episcopi vel reliquorum ordinum,

      Bd. 2, 5; S. 506, 30.

  • Wiotan ǽgðer ge godcundra háda ge woruldcundra

    wise men both clerks and laymen,

      Past. Pref. Swt. 3, 3.

  • Bútan hálgum hádum

    extra sacros ordines,

      Bd. 1, 27; S. 489, 16.

  • Mid myclum hádum biscopas and cyningas

    those of high degree, as bishops and kings,

      Blickl. Homl. 109, 23 : Homl. Th. ii. 122, 27.

  • Swá wé settaþ be eallum hádum ge ceorle ge eorle

    so we ordain for all degrees both gentle and simple,

      L. Alf. pol. 4; Th. i. 64, 3.

  • Dám ðe heora hádas mid clǽnnesse healdan

    to those who keep their orders with purity,

      Blickl. Homl. 43. 4.

  • Gemǽnes hádes man

    clericus,

      L. Ecg. P. 2, 24; Th. ii. 192, 8 : 16; Th. ii. 156, 31.

  • Tó háde fón

    to take orders,

      4, 8; Th. ii. 206, 7.
state, condition, kind, nature, form [having the meaning which is preserved in the suffix -hood, -head]
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  • Leóht hafaþ hád háliges gástes

    light hath the nature of the holy spirit,

      Salm. Kmbl. 817; Sal. 408.

  • Se heáþrym ðæs Godes hádes

    the excellent glory of the Godhead,

      Blickl. Homl. 131, 18.

  • Onsýn yldran hádes

    the aspect of an older state [a more advanced age],

      Exon. 40 a; Th. 132, 12; Gú. 471.

  • Wæs se súþduru hwæthwega háde máre

    the south door was somewhat greater in form,

      Blickl. Homl. 201, 15.

  • On weres háde

    in the form of a man,

      Elen. Kmbl. 144; El. 72.

  • Onwendan heora wuldor on ðæne wyrsan hád hǽðenstyrces

    mutaverunt gloriam suam in similitudinem vituli,

      Ps. Th. 105, 17.

  • Hád oferhogedon hálgan lífes

    they despised the state of a holy life,

      Cd. 188; Th. 235, 2; Dan. 300.

  • Fǽmnan hád

    virginity,

      Exon. 9 a; Th. 6, 31; Cri. 92 : 14 a; Th. 28, 10; Cri. 444.

  • Cildes hád,

      Exon. 65 a; Th. 240, 15; Ph. 639 : 61 a; Th. 224, 7; Ph. 372.

  • Þurh cnihtes hád onsýne wearþ

    he became visible in the form of a youth,

      Andr. Kmbl. 1824; An. 914.

  • Hæleþa leófost on gesíþes hád

    dearest of men as a comrade,

      Beo. Th. 2598; B. 1297.

  • Næs sinc-máððum sélra on sweordes hád

    there was no better treasure among swords,

      4393; B. 2193.

  • Þurh hǽstne hád

    by violence,

      Beo.Th. 2674; B. 1335 : Exon. 8 b; Th. 4, 7; Cri. 49.

  • Þurh monigne hád

    in many a form,

    54 b;
      Th. 191, 34.

  • Blis manigra háda cwicera cynna

    the joy of many kinds of living creatures,

      Menol. Fox 182; Men. 92 : Exon. 33 a; Th. 105, 15; Gú. 23.
Etymology
[Laym. hád, hód : Orm. hád : A. R. hód : Ayenb. hód : Goth. haidus manner, way : O. Sax. héd : Icel. heiðr honour: O. H. Ger. heit persona, sexus, ordo, gradus.]
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v.  acolitus diácon dúru-weard -hád hádelíce.
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Bosworth, Joseph. “HÁD.” In An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary Online, edited by Thomas Northcote Toller, Christ Sean, and Ondřej Tichy. Prague: Faculty of Arts, Charles University, 2014. https://bosworthtoller.com/17808.

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