English

Noun

hest ‎(plural hests)

1. (obsolete) Command, injunction.
   • 1610, The Tempest, by Shakespeare, act 3 scene 1

     FERDINAND: [...] What is your name?

     MIRANDA. Miranda — O my father! / I have broke your hest to say so.

Related terms

• behest

Translations

Anagrams

• eths
• hets
• Seth
• shet
• tesh

Danish

hest

Etymology

From Old Norse hestr ‎(“stallion”), from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛst/, [hɛsd̥]

Noun

hest c (singular definite hesten, plural indefinite heste)

1. horse

Derived terms

• gyngehest

Inflection

References

• “hest” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɛst/
• Rhymes: -ɛst
• Homophones: Hest, heyst

Noun

hest

1. indefinite accusative singular of hestur

Icelandic

Noun

hest

1. indefinite accusative singular of hestur

Norwegian Bokmål

hest

Etymology 1

Adjective

hest

1. neuter singular of hes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hestr, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz.

Noun

hest m ‎(definite singular hesten, indefinite plural hester, definite plural hestene)

1. a horse

Derived terms

References

• “hest” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hestr, from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz.

Noun

hest m ‎(definite singular hesten, indefinite plural hestar, definite plural hestane)

1. a horse

Derived terms

References

• “hest” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Zazaki

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian (compare Persian هشت ‎(hašt)), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Numeral

hest

1. eight