behæs

== Old English == === Etymology === Inherited from Proto-West Germanic *bihaisi; equivalent to be- +‎ hǣs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beˈxæːs/, [beˈhæːs] === Noun === behǣs f self-command, vow, promise ==== Declension ==== Strong ō-stem: ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: biheste, beheste, be-heste, be-heyste, biheest, biheeste, bi-hest, byheeste, by-heste, behese, bihæste, biheaste (Early Middle English)English: behestMiddle Scots: behest, beheist === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “BEHǢS”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.