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
Noun
hest (plural hests)
- (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.
- c. 1610-11, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act III scene i[1]:
Related terms
Translations
command, injunction
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Anagrams
Danish
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Etymology
From Old Norse hestr (“stallion”), from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz. Cognate to hingst (“stallion”).
Pronunciation
Noun
hest c (singular definite hesten, plural indefinite heste)
Inflection
Declension of hest
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Greenlandic: hiisti
References
- “hest” in Den Danske Ordbog
Faroese
Pronunciation
Noun
hest
Icelandic
Noun
Norwegian Bokmål
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Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Adjective
Etymology 2
From Old Norse hestr, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz.
Noun
hest m (definite singular hesten, indefinite plural hester, definite plural hestene)
- a horse
Derived terms
Terms derived from hest
References
- “hest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hestr, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz.
Noun
hest m (definite singular hesten, indefinite plural hestar, definite plural hestane)
- a horse
Derived terms
Terms derived from hest
References
- “hest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Zazaki
Alternative forms
Numeral
hest
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