hest

English

Etymology

From Middle English, alteration of Middle English hes from Old English hǣs (“command”). Akin to Old English hātan "to command". More at hight

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.

Related terms

• behest

Translations

command, injunction

• Russian: приказ (ru) m (prikáz), приказание (ru) n (prikazánije)

Anagrams

• eths
• hets
• Seth
• shet
• tesh

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Danish

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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

Derived terms

• gyngehest

Inflection

Inflection of hest

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hest	hesten	heste	hestene
genitive	hests	hestens	hestes	hestenes

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Norwegian

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hest

Etymology

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

Noun

hest m

1. horse

Derived terms

• gyngehest

Inflection

    Inflection of hest

	indefinite singular	definite singular	indefinite plural	definite plural
Bokmål m	hest	hesten	hester	hestene
Nynorsk m	hest	hesten	hestar	hestane

References

• “hest” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Zazaki

Etymology

From Middle Persian 𐭧𐭱𐭲 (hašt), from Old Persian, from Proto-Iranian, Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw. Ossetian аст (ast), Pashto اته (atë), Avestan 𐬀𐬱𐬙𐬀 (ašta), Sanskrit अष्ट (aṣṭa), Hindi आठ (āṭh).

Numeral

hest (hašt)

1. eight