hest

See also: heşt

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst

Noun

hest (plural hests)

1. (obsolete) Command, injunction.
   • c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III scene i^[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: прика́з (ru) m (prikáz), приказа́ние (ru) n (prikazánije)

Anagrams

• Esth, Esth., Seth, Tesh, eths, hets, shet, tesh

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Danish

hest

Etymology

From Old Norse hestr (“stallion”), from Proto-Germanic *hanhistaz, a Verner alternation variant of *hangistaz, which is the source of the West Germanic word for “stallion”, cf. German Hengst and Danish hingst (a loanword from Low German).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhɛsd̥]

Noun

hest c (singular definite hesten, plural indefinite heste)

1. horse

Inflection

Declension of hest

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

Derived terms

• gyngehest

Descendants

• → Greenlandic: hiisti

References

• “hest” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Faroese

Pronunciation

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

Noun

hest

1. indefinite accusative singular of hestur

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Icelandic

Noun

hest

1. indefinite accusative singular of hestur

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Norwegian Bokmål

Politi på hest i København, Danmark

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

Derived terms

Terms derived from hest

• arbeidshest
• fjordhest
• flodhest
• fullblodshest
• gyngehest
• hesteavl
• hesteelsker

• hestehale
• hestehov
• hestekastanje
• hestekraft
• hesteløp
• hesterygg

• hestesko
• hestesport
• hestetrukket
• islandshest
• pakkhest
• trehest

References

• “hest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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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

Derived terms

Terms derived from hest

• arbeidshest
• fjordhest
• flodhest
• fullblodshest
• gyngehest
• hesteavl

• hestehale
• hestehov
• hestekastanje
• hestekraft
• hesteløp
• hesterygg

• hestesko
• hestesport
• islandshest
• pakkhest
• trehest

References

• “hest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Zazaki

Alternative forms

• heşt

Numeral

hest

1. eight