Hest
[hest] /hɛst/
noun, Archaic.
1.
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/hɛst/
noun
1.
an archaic word for behest
n.
“bidding, command,” Old English hæs “bidding, behest, command,” from Proto-Germanic *hait-ti-, from *haitan “to call, name” (see hight (v.)). With -t added in Middle English on model of other pairings (cf. wist/wesan).
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