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hǽs

  • noun [ feminine ]
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Grammar
hǽs, e; f.
Wright's OE grammar
§240; §390;
A command, hest, behest
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  • Hǽs

    jussio,

      Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 40.
  • Gehír God mín gebed exaudi Deus orationem meam. On ðysum is gebed and ná hǽs

    hear my prayer, O God. In this there is a prayer, not a command,

      Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 52 : Cd. 6; Th. 8, 14; Gen. 124.
  • Be his hláfordes hǽse

    by his lord's command,

      Gen. 24, 10 : Ex. 18; 23 : Cd. 46; Th. 59, 18; Gen. 965 : 69; Th. 82, 31; Gen. 1370 : 85; Th. 106, 35; Gen. 1781.
  • Búton ǽnigre hǽse

    abs quolibet jussu,

      Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 54.
  • Under abbodes hǽsum

    under the commands of an abbot,

      Homl. Th. ii. 118, 29.
Etymology
[Orm. hæs : Laym. A. R. hest : cf. Goth. haiti.]
Derived forms
DER. be-hǽs.
Linked entries
v.  be-hǽs.
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  • hǽs, n.