hæs

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse háss.

Adjective

hæs (neuter hæst, plural and definite singular attributive hæse, comparative hæsere, superlative (predicative) hæsest, superlative (attributive) hæseste)

1. hoarse

Old English

Etymology

Related to hatan (“to command, order”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xæːs/, [hæːs]

Noun

hǣs f

1. command, order
2. obligatory office or service

Declension

Strong ō-stem:

	singular	plural
nominative	hǣs	hǣsa, hǣse
accusative	hǣse	hǣsa, hǣse
genitive	hǣse	hǣsa
dative	hǣse	hǣsum

Derived terms

• behǣs f
• nīedhǣs f (“command through compulsion”)

Descendants

• Middle English: heste, este, has, hees, heest, heeste, hes, hese, heaste, hæse (Early Middle English)
  • English: hest
  • Middle Scots: heist, hest, heste
  • Yola: heste

References

• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “HǢS”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “HǢS supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.