heste

Danish

Noun

heste c

1. 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)

1. A directive, command or order.
2. A rule; a formal, long-term order.
3. The power to command; control, jurisdiction.
4. A pact or agreement; that which is agreed upon.
5. (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)

1. (hapax) power, rage
   • c. 1450, anonymous author, Gest Hystoriale of the Destruction of Troy:

     Hoppit on hegh with heste of the fflodes.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

1. 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