hest

[ hest ]

/ hɛst /

noun Archaic.

Nearby words

hessian boot, hessian boots, hessian fly, hessite, hessonite, hest, hester, hestia, heston and isleworth, hesychast, het

Origin of hest

before 1150; Middle English hest(e), Old English hǣs; akin to hātan to bid

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Examples from the Web for hest

Straightway the thanes of Etzel / ready stood her hest to do.
The Nibelungenlied|Unknown
For this thing was plain, that the most part of the people was loyal to the King, and minded to follow him and obey Calote's hest.
Long Will|Florence Converse
And his brothers and his kinsmen duteously his hest obey, With each parting guest and monarch journey on the home ward way.
Maha-bharata|Anonymous
Engi mar mtti fara upp dalinn me hest er hund, vat at var egar drepit.
Beowulf|R. W. Chambers

Hest here seems possible; meseems myriad lives still linger here, awaiting some one great summons.
At Home And Abroad|Margaret Fuller Ossoli

British Dictionary definitions for hest

hest

/ (hɛst) /

noun

an archaic word for behest

Word Origin for hest

Old English hǣs; related to hātan to promise, command

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Word Origin and History for hest

hest

"bidding, command," Old English hæs "bidding, behest, command," from Proto-Germanic *hait-ti-, from *haitan "to call, name" (see hight (v.)). With -t added in Middle English on model of other pairings (cf. wist/wesan).