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English
Verb
haad
- (Geordie) To hold.
"Haad yeor gob, ye lippy yap!"
References
- Frank Graham, editor (1987), “HAAD”, in The New Geordie Dictionary, Rothbury, Northumberland: Butler Publishing, →ISBN.
- Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977
Anagrams
West Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian , from Proto-Germanic *haubudą.
Pronunciation
Noun
haad n (plural haden, diminutive haadsje)
- (formal) head
- Synonym: holle
Derived terms
Further reading
- “haad”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011