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Danish
Noun
heste c
- indefinite plural of hest
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hǣs, from Proto-West Germanic *haisi, from Proto-Germanic *haisiz. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms, while forms with final /t/ are influenced by the suffix -the.
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛst(ə)/, /ˈhɛːst(ə)/
Noun
heste (plural hestes or hesten)
- A directive, command or order.
- A rule; a formal, long-term order.
- The power to command; control, jurisdiction.
- A pact or agreement; that which is agreed upon.
- (rare) A prophetic prediction.
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Etymology 2
From Old English hǣst, from Proto-West Germanic *haifsti, from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz; the final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms. Doublet of haste.
Pronunciation
Noun
heste (uncountable)
- (hapax) power, rage
References
Yola
Etymology
From Middle English heste, variant of hes, from Old English hǣs.
Pronunciation
Noun
heste
- behest, command, will
References
- Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46