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hest

[hest]
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noun Archaic.
  1. behest.
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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

Historical Examples

  • Straightway the thanes of Etzel / ready stood her hest to do.

    The Nibelungenlied

    Unknown

  • Engi mar mtti fara upp dalinn me hest er hund, vat at var egar drepit.

    Beowulf

    R. W. Chambers

  • Uctredus drengus mansit ad uest de via de Nortwde, et grangiae ejus fuerunt ex alia parte viae, scilicet, hest.

    Villainage in England

    Paul Vinogradoff

  • 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

  • Thow hest fed us with the bread of tearis, and hath gevin to us tearis to drynk in great measure.

British Dictionary definitions for hest

hest

noun
  1. an archaic word for behest
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Word Origin

Old English hǣs; related to hātan to promise, command
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Word Origin and History for hest

n.

"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).

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