hest

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 162 words | Copyright

hest (arch.) bidding, BEHEST. XII. f. (on the model of abstr. sbs. in -te) ME. hes, OE. hǣs :- Gmc. *χaittiz, f. *χaitan call (see HIGHT).

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