gade
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The "gate" of the streets of Pickering is a modification of the Danish "gade," meaning a "way," for the town was never walled.
From The Evolution of an English Town by Gordon Home
Awa he gade, awa he rade, Awa wi' meikle speed;50 He lichtit at every twa miles' end, Lichtit and changed his steed.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
A street here is called a gade, and you observe that the street and its name form one word, as Carl-Johansgade, or Charles John Street; Kongensgade, or King Street; Kirkegaden, or Church Street.
From Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark by Oliver Optic
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