hæs

Danish edit

Etymology edit

Adjective edit

hæs (neuter hæst, plural and definite singular attributive hæse, comparative hæsere, superlative (predicative) hæsest, superlative (attributive) hæseste)

hoarse

Old English edit

Etymology edit

Related to hatan (“to command, order”)

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /xæːs/, [hæːs]

Noun edit

hǣs f

command, order
obligatory office or service

Declension edit

Declension of hæs (strong ō-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hǣs	hǣsa, hǣse
accusative	hǣse	hǣsa, hǣse
genitive	hǣse	hǣsa
dative	hǣse	hǣsum

Derived terms edit

behǣs f
nīedhǣs f (“command through compulsion”)

Descendants edit

Middle English: heste, este, has, hees, heest, heeste, hes, hese; heaste, hæse
- English: hest
- Middle Scots: heist, hest, heste
- Yola: heste

References edit

Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “HǢS”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “HǢS supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.