behæs

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Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bihaisi; equivalent to be- +‎ hǣs.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /beˈxæːs/, [beˈhæːs]

Noun[edit]

behǣs f

self-command, vow, promise

Declension[edit]

Declension of behæs (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	behǣs	behǣsa, behǣse
accusative	behǣse	behǣsa, behǣse
genitive	behǣse	behǣsa
dative	behǣse	behǣsum

Descendants[edit]

Middle English: biheste, beheste, be-heste, be-heyste, biheest, biheeste, bi-hest, byheeste, by-heste; behese, bihæste, biheaste
- English: behest
- Middle Scots: behest, beheist

References[edit]

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “BEHǢS”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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