hadda

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See also: haddá

English

Contraction

hadda

  1. (nonstandard) had to
    • 1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
      Told him I hadda be on the bus for work and he rode with me.
  2. (Canada, US, nonstandard) had (used in conditional statements; compare had've)
    If I hadda known, I wouldn't've gone.

Anagrams

Hausa

Pronunciation

Noun

haddā̀ f (possessed form haddàr̃)

  1. memorization

Icelandic

Noun

hadda

  1. indefinite accusative plural of haddur
  2. indefinite genitive plural of haddur

Old Norse

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

hadda f (genitive hǫddu)

  1. pot-hook, pot-handle
Declension
Descendants
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: hodde f

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

hadda

  1. accusative plural of haddr
  2. genitive plural of haddr