FromMiddle English heste , alteration ofMiddle English hes , fromOld English hǣs ( “ command ” ) . Akin toOld English hātan "to command". More athight .
hest (plural hests )
( obsolete ) Command ,injunction .1610–1611 (date written) ,William Shakespeare , “The Tempest ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act I, scene ii] ,page 4 , column 1:[T]hou[ Ariel ] vvaſt a Spirit too delicate / To act her[ the witchSycorax 's ] earthy, and abhord commands, / Refuſing her grandheſts , ſhe did confine thee / By helpe of her more potent Miniſters, / And in her moſt vnmittigable rage, / Into a cloven Pyne,[ …] 1610–1611 (date written) ,William Shakespeare , “The Tempest ”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies [ … ] (First Folio ), London: [ … ] Isaac Iaggard , andEd[ ward] Blount , published1623 ,→OCLC ,[ Act III, scene i] ,page11 , column 1:Fer [dinand ] .[ …] VVhat is your name? /Mir [anda ] .Miranda , O my Father, / I haue broke yourheſt to ſay ſo.hest FromOld Norse hestr ( “ stallion ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *hanhistaz , aVerner alternation variant of*hangistaz , which is the source of the West Germanic word for “stallion”, cf.German Hengst andDanish hingst (a loanword from Low German).
IPA (key ) : /ˈhɛsd/ ,[ˈhesd̥] ,[ˈhest] hest c (singular definite hesten ,plural indefinite heste )
horse hest
indefinite accusative singular ofhestur IPA (key ) : /hɛst/
( Northern Iceland, Southern Iceland ) IPA (key ) : [hɛs̠t] .hest
indefinite accusative singular ofhestur FromArabic حَسّ ( ḥass ) . Cognate withPersian حس ( hes ) .
hest m (Arabic spelling ههست )
emotion ,feeling ,sentiment ,passion Politi påhest i København, Danmark FromDanish hest , fromOld Danish hæst ( “ horse ” ) , fromOld Norse hestr ( “ horse ” ) , fromProto-Germanic *hangistaz ( “ horse, stallion ” ) , fromProto-Indo-European *ḱanḱest- ,*kankest- ( “ horse ” ) .Doublet ofhingst .
hest m (definite singular hesten ,indefinite plural hester ,definite plural hestene )
ahorse In the period between 1938 and 1983, the definite plural formhesta was allowed. This morphological peculiarity included these other masculine nouns:gamp ,gutt ,kar ,tupp . hest
neuter ofhes “hest” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .hestar i travFromMiddle Norwegian hester , fromOld Norse hestr , fromProto-Germanic *hangistaz ( “ horse, stallion ” ) .Doublet ofhingst .
hest m (definite singular hesten ,indefinite plural hestar ,definite plural hestane )
ahorse , especially the maleSynonyms: øyk ,[Term?] ( male and female ) rida høganhest ―to act arrogant (literally, “ride on a high horse ”) “hest” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .“hest” in Ivar Aasen (1873)Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring hēst f
( Kentish ) Alternative form ofhǣst hēst ( Anglian )
Alternative form ofhīehst hest
accusative singular indefinite ofhestr m hest c
( nonstandard , Internet slang ) Alternative form ofhäst ( “ horse ” ) , "herse"klapa snelhest [klappa snäll häst] poot nooseherse [pet nice horse] Popularized by the meme "snel hest" (nice horse).
hest
indefinite neuter singular ofhes hest
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