behight

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A vow; a promise. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. To vow, promise (someone). obsolete,transitive
    — Thenne I behote yow sayd Balyn parte of his blood to hele youre sone with alle.
  2. To be designated. Northern-England,dialectal
    — Wheea behight thee? = What is your name/to whom do you belong?
  3. To give in trust; to commit; to entrust. obsolete,transitive
    — The keys are to thy hand behight.
  4. To mean, or intend. obsolete
    — More than heart behighteth.
  5. To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be. obsolete
    — But nathelesse whilst all the lookers on / Him dead behight, as he to all appeard, / All vnawares he started vp anon,
  6. To call; to name; to address. obsolete
    — Whom […] he knew and thus behight.
  7. To command; to order. obsolete
    — And his well proued weapons to him hent; / So taking courteous conge he behight, / Those gates to be vnbar'd, and forth he went.

词形变化

behights present,singular,third-person behighting participle,present behight participle,past behight past behighted participle,past behighted past behote alternative behights plural behote alternative

词源

词源 1
From Middle English beheten, bihaten, behoten (preterite behighte), from Old English behātan (“to promise, vow, pledge oneself, threaten”) (preterite behēhte), corresponding to be- + hight. Cognate with Scots beheit, behecht (“to promise, vow”), Middle High German beheizen (“to promise”).
词源 2
From Middle English beheten, bihaten, behoten (preterite behighte), from Old English behātan (“to promise, vow, pledge oneself, threaten”) (preterite behēhte), corresponding to be- + hight. Cognate with Scots beheit, behecht (“to promise, vow”), Middle High German beheizen (“to promise”).
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