behat

From be- +‎ hat.

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).

• Bathé, beath, Habte, bathe

be- +‎ hat

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

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

• behat in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• behat in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Equivalent to be- +‎ hāt.

• IPA^(key): /beˈxɑːt/,

behāt n

1. promise

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

Strong a-stem:

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