Etymology Dictionary

LADE (1),   to load.  (E.)   'And they laded their asses with the corn;' Gen. xlii. 26.   M.E. laden, pp. laden, Genesis and Exodus, ed. Morris, l. 1800.—A.S. hladan, to lade, load; Grein, ii. 79.   Der. lad-ing, a load, cargo, Merch. Ven. iii. 1. 3.   And see Lade (2); also the Addenda. [†]

LADE (2),   to draw out water, drain.  (E.)   'He'll lade it [the sea] dry;' 3 Hen. VI, iii. 2. 139.   M.E. hladen, laden; 'lhaden out thet weter' = lade out the water, Ayenbite of Inwyt, p. 178, l. 19 [where lh is written for hl].—A.S. hladan, (1) to heap together, (2) to load, (3) to lade out; Grein, ii. 79.   'Hlód wæter' = drew water; Exod. ii. 19.   The same word as Lade (1); see above.   Der. lad-le, q.v.

ADDENDA

LADE (1).   This strong verb deserves fuller treatment.   The pp. laden occurs in M.E. in Genesis and Exodus, ed. Morris, l. 1800; Richard Cuer de Lion, l. 1389.   The cognate forms are:  Du. laden, to lade, load; Icel. hlaða; Dan. lade; Swed. ladda; Goth. hlathan, only found in the comp. af-hlathan; G. be-laden, O.H.G. hladan.   All from the Teut. base HLATH, to lade; Fick, iii. 87.   Cf. Russ. klade, a load, answering to a Teut. base HLAD.