had

Meaning

1. person, individual

2. a character

   Þonne sē sċop inn ġebringþ ōðre hādas þe wiþ hine wordliġen swelċe hīe him andswariġen, þonne biþ sēo ġesetnes "ġemǣnu" oþþe "ġemenġedu" ġeċīeġed.

   When the bard brings in other characters that talk with him as if they were him answering, then the composition is said to be "common" or "mixed."

   c. 1011, Byrhtferth, Manual:

3. individuality

4. rank, status

   ġehwelċes hādes menn

   people of every rank

   9th century, the Blickling Homilies, "The Third Sunday in Lent"

5. a person of the Trinity

   Nis sē Fæder āna Þrīnes, oþþe sē Sunu Þrīnes, oþþe sē Hālga Gāst Þrīnes, ac þās þrī hādas sind ān god on ānre godcundnesse.

   The Trinity is not the Father alone, or the Son, or the Holy Ghost; these three persons are one god in one godhead.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "Of the Catholic Faith"

6. honor, dignity

7. office (especially religious)

8. state, condition; nature, manner

9. sex, gender

   Sēo ġelaðung is ġegaderod of ǣġðres hādes mannum, þæt is, werhādes and wīfhādes.

   The church is gathered from people of either sex, that is, the male sex and the female sex.

   c. 992, Ælfric, "On the Nativity of the Holy Virgins"

10. grammatical person

    Þrī hādas sind worda. Sē forma hād is þe spricþ be him selfum ānum ("iċ seċġe", oþþe mid ōðrum mannum on maniġfealdum ġetæle, "wē seċġaþ"). Sē ōðer hād is þe sē forma spricþ tō ("þū sæġst", oþþe maniġfealdlīċe "ġē seċġaþ"). Sē þridda hād is be þǣm þe sē forma hād spricþ tō þǣm ōðrum hāde ("hē sæġþ", oþþe maniġfealdlīċe "hīe seċġaþ").

    Verbs have three persons. The first person speaks about himself alone ("I say", or with other people in plural number, "we say"). The second person is whomever the first person speaks to ("you say", or in plural "ye say"). The third person is whomever the first person speaks about to the other one ("he says", or in plural "they say").

    c. 995, Ælfric, Excerptiones de Arte Grammatica Anglice

11. race; kindred, family; tribe, group

12. choir

Declension