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be-hǽs

  • noun [ feminine ]
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be-hǽs, e; f. [be by, near, hǽs command]
A self-command, vow, promise. Hence our behest; votum
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  • He fela behǽsa behét

    he promised many vows

    • Chr. 1093
    • ;
    • Th. 359, 33.
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v. hǽs, behát.
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  • be-hǽs, n.