From Middle English hadde, yhad, from Old English hæfde, ġehæfd, from Proto-Germanic *habd-, past and past participle stem of *habjaną, equivalent to have + -ed. Cognate with Dutch had, German hatte, Swedish hade, Icelandic hafði.
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