Wade, WADE, or Wades may refer to:
Wade is a surname. The English surname Wade has two derivations: a Middle English given name "Wade", itself derived from the Anglo-Saxon name "Wada"; the second derivation is from the word or place-name "wade", meaning a ford (Wade being applied either to one who lived near a ford, or in a settlement called Wade, e.g. Wade, Suffolk).
Notable people with the surname include:
Wade (from the Old English Wada), is the English name for a common Germanic mythological character who, depending on location, is also known as Vadi (Norse) and Wate (Middle High German).
The earliest mention occurs in the Old English poem Widsith. According to the Þiðrekssaga, he was born between king Vilkinus and a mermaid. His famous son is Wayland, and grandson Wudga. Though not explicitly given as such, Egil and Slagfin may be Wade's sons, since they are Wayland's brothers according to the Poetic Edda.
The medieval English romance about Wade once existed, for Chaucer alluded to the "Tale of Wade" in one of his works, Troilus and Criseyde and used the phrase "Wade's boat" (Middle English: Wades boot), meaning some sort of trickery, in The Merchant's Tale. The tale and the boat was apparently familiar, at the end of 16th century, to an editor of Chaucer's works Thomas Speght, who remarked that Wade's boat bore the name Guingelot. To the Angles, Wade was the Keeper of the Ford, and acted as both ferryman and protector.
Radford may refer to:
The Radford TDX Station is a proposed regional rail station along the Transdominion Express in Radford, Virginia. The area which has a predominate amount of frieght prescense would bring passenger rail to the region, connecting the city to Bristol, Roanoke, Richmond and Northern Virginia by regional rail.
Radford is an English toponymic surname deriving from one of several places in England named "Radford", chief among these being Radford, Nottingham. The most closely related surname to Radford is "Radforth", while a common variant is "Redford".
Notable people sharing this surname include:
Wade, WADE, or Wades may refer to:
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