ladde

Fula

Noun

ladde nde (plural laddeeji ɗi) Adamawa Plural (laɗɗe ɗe)

1. (Pular, Adamawa) forest, brush, nature

See also

• buruure

References

• Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
• Tourneux, Henry, Daïrou, Yaya (1998) Dictionnaire peul de l'agriculture et de la nature (Diamaré, Cameroun), suivi d'un index français-fulfulde‎ (in French), Paris: Karthala, →ISBN, retrieved 29 April 2023

Middle English

Alternative forms

• lad, ladd

Etymology

Probably from North Germanic, possibly Old Norse ladd (“hose, woolen stocking”); according to Liberman, words for socks, shoes, and stockings were used pejoratively as nicknames for fools. See also Swedish ladder (“old shoes”), lodde (“Frisian shoe”), lädder (“socks”), all said to be related to Old Norse loðinn (“hairy, shaggy, woolly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlad(ə)/

Noun

ladde (plural laddes or ladden)

1. A (male) servant or hireling (usually of a noble)
2. A male commoner; a man with a low position in society.
3. A man of low morals or behaviour (used derogatorily)
4. Any man (without qualification); an adult male human being.
5. A lad or boy; a male human child (including babies)
6. (rare) A infantryman; a fighter who isn't mounted.

Descendants

• English: lad
• Scots: lad

Further reading

• “ladde, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-29.
• Liberman, Anatoly, Analytic Dictionary of English Etymology, University of Minnesota Press, 2008, p. 139

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• lada, ladet

Verb

ladde

1. simple past of lade
2. simple past of la (Etymology 2)