- behátan
- sv/t7 (often w.d. person) 3rd pres behǽteþ past behét/on, beheht/on ptp beháten to promise, vow, pledge oneself; threaten
Old to modern English dictionary. 2013.
behátan
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behest — noun Etymology: Middle English, promise, command, from Old English behǣs promise, from behātan to promise, from be + hātan to command, promise more at hight Date: 12th century 1. an authoritative order ; command 2. an urgent prompti … New Collegiate Dictionary
behéot — past 3rd sing of behátan … Old to modern English dictionary
behét — past 3rd sing of behátan … Old to modern English dictionary
behest — be|hest [bıˈhest] n [: Old English; Origin: behAs promise , from behatan to promise ] at the behest of sb formal because someone has asked for something or ordered something to happen ▪ The committee was set up at the behest of the president … Dictionary of contemporary English
behest — (n.) O.E. behæs a vow, perhaps from behatan to promise (from BE (Cf. be ) + hatan command, call; see CITE (Cf. cite)) and confused with obsolete HEST (Cf. hest) command, which may account for the parasitic t … Etymology dictionary
