heste

== 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. ==== Alternative forms ==== este, has, hees, heest, heeste, hes, hese heaste, hæse (Early Middle English) ==== 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. ===== Related terms ===== biheste ===== Descendants ===== English: hest Middle Scots: heist, hest, heste Yola: heste ===== References ===== “hē̆st(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === 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 ==== IPA(key): /ˈhɛːst(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== heste (uncountable) (hapax legomenon) power, rage ===== References ===== “hēste, n.(2).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Yola == === Etymology === From Middle English heste, variant of hes, from Old English hǣs. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /hɛst/ === 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