Scottish past tense of 'had,' used in older or dialectal English to mean 'held' or 'possessed.'
From Old English 'hǽfde,' the past tense of 'habban' (to have). Scottish English preserved this form longer than standard English, which simplified to 'had.'
Scottish English is like a linguistic time capsule—while English speakers moved to 'had,' Scots kept 'hadden,' showing how dialects can preserve older grammar forms.
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