Meaning

verb remove with or as if with a ladle

verb fill or place a load on

origin* As a Norwegian surname, from Old Norse hlaða (“to stack, pile”). * As a north German surname, variant of Ladwig, Ludwig. * Also as a German surname, from the archaic noun Lade (“chest”). * As an English surname, from Old English lad (“waterway”).

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