Old English · noun

lad

Normalised lād

Part of speech: noun, feminine
Declension: strong ō-stem
IPA: /lɑːd/
Syllables: lɑːd (1 syllable)
Modern English: carrying lode bringing apology exoneration excuse load leading

lad1 · noun · feminine

Senses

carrying, bringing, leading
way, course
passage, watercourse
provision, sustenance

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of lad
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lād	lāda lāde
Accusative	lāde	lāda lāde
Genitive	lāde	lāda
Dative	lāde	lādum

lad2 · noun · feminine

Senses

excuse (+ genitive for something)
apology (+ genitive for something)
defense or exoneration (+ genitive against an accusation)

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of lad
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	lād	lāda lāde
Accusative	lāde	lāda lāde
Genitive	lāde	lāda
Dative	lāde	lādum

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laidu, from Proto-Germanic *laidō. Cognate with Old High German leita (German Leite), Old Norse leið. Akin to līþan (“to go, travel, fare”).

From Proto-West Germanic *laidu, formally identical with Etymology 1 above. Akin to Old Frisian lēde, lāde (“leading, reasoning”) found in Old Frisian dēdlâde (“oath of purification”), Old High German leita (“justification, excuse”).

Descendants

load, lode

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