behat

See also: behať and běhat

English

Etymology

be- +‎ hat

Verb

behat (third-person singular simple present behats, present participle behatting, simple past and past participle behatted)

  1. (rare, transitive) To place a hat upon (someone's head).

Anagrams

Old English

Etymology

Equivalent to be- +‎ hāt.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /beˈhɑːt/

Noun

behāt n

  1. promise, vow

Declension
Declension of behat (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative behāt behāt
accusative behāt behāt
genitive behātes behāta
dative behāte behātum

Further reading
  • BEHĀT in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
  • BEHĀT supplemental input in Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary
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