a native English suffix meaning "state of being" ( godhead; maidenhead ), occurring in words now mostly archaic or obsolete, many being superseded by forms in -hood .
[ ME -hede, OE * -haedu, f. of -had -HOOD ]
a native English suffix meaning "state of being" ( godhead; maidenhead ), occurring in words now mostly archaic or obsolete, many being superseded by forms in -hood .
[ ME -hede, OE * -haedu, f. of -had -HOOD ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012