hæs

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse háss.

Adjective

hæs (neuter hæst, plural and definite singular attributive hæse, comparative hæsere, superlative (predicative) hæsest, superlative (attributive) hæseste)

1. hoarse

Old English

Etymology

Related to hatan (“to command, order”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xæːs/,

Noun

hǣs f

1. command, order
2. obligatory office or service

Declension

Derived terms

• behǣs f
• nīedhǣs f (“command through compulsion”)

Descendants

• Middle English: heste, este, has, hees, heest, heeste, hes, hese; heaste, hæse
  • English: hest
  • Middle Scots: heist, hest, heste
  • Yola: heste

References

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