behat

English

Etymology

be- +‎ hat

Verb

behat (third-person singular simple present behats, present participle behatting, simple past and past participle behatted)

1. (rare, transitive) To place a hat upon (someone's head).

Anagrams

• bathe, beath

Hungarian

Etymology

be- +‎ hat

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: be‧hat
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Verb

behat

1. (intransitive, archaic) to penetrate, enter

   Synonyms: behatol, bemegy, belép, bejut, beér

2. (intransitive, archaic) to affect, influence, impinge, act on, bear on (-ba/-be)

   Synonyms: hat, kihat, hatással van, érint, befolyásol

Conjugation

Further reading

• behat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• behat in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to be- +‎ hāt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beˈxɑːt/,

Noun

behāt n

1. promise

Usage notes

The Late West Saxon of Ælfric used this word for "a promise," while the Early West Saxon of King Alfred used ġehāt instead.

Declension

References

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