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Webster 1913 Edition


Hest

Hest

(hĕst)
,
Noun.
[AS.
hǣs
, fr.
hātan
to call, bid. See
Hight
, and cf.
Behest
.]
Command; precept; injunction.
[Archaic]
See
Behest
.
“At thy hest.”
Shak.
Let him that yields obey the victor’s
hest
.
Fairfax.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hest

HEST

,
Noun.
Command; precept; injunction; order. [Now obsolete,but it is retained in the compound, behest.]

Definition 2024


hest

hest

See also: heşt

English

Noun

hest (plural hests)

  1. (obsolete) Command, injunction.
    • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 1
      FERDINAND: [...] What is your name?
      MIRANDA. Miranda — O my father! / I have broke your hest to say so.

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Danish

hest

Etymology

From Old Norse hestr (stallion), from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛst/, [hɛsd̥]

Noun

hest c (singular definite hesten, plural indefinite heste)

  1. horse

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Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɛst/
  • Rhymes: -ɛst
  • Homophones: Hest, heyst

Noun

hest

  1. indefinite accusative singular of hestur

Icelandic

Noun

hest

  1. indefinite accusative singular of hestur

Norwegian Bokmål

hest

Etymology 1

Adjective

hest

  1. neuter singular of hes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hestr, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz.

Noun

hest m (definite singular hesten, indefinite plural hester, definite plural hestene)

  1. a horse
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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hestr, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz.

Noun

hest m (definite singular hesten, indefinite plural hestar, definite plural hestane)

  1. a horse

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Zazaki

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Persian هشت (hašt)), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

hest

  1. eight