hæs

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

Declension of hǣs (strong ō-stem)

Case	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”)

References

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