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BEHOTE Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of BEHOTE is past tense of behight.
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behote - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
behote. Obsolete form of behight. Categories: English lemmas · English verbs · English obsolete forms. Hidden categories:.
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behote, n. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English Dictionary
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun behote. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is now obsolete.
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behote
▪ I. † beˈhote, n. Obs. [OE. behát, f. behátan to promise: cf. behete, behight n.] A promise.c 1000 Ags. Gosp. Luke xxiv. 49 Ic sende on eow mines fæder behat. c 1175 Cott. Hom. 225 Ic wille settan mi wed..to þisan behate. a 1300 E.E. Psalter cxv. 14 Mi be-hotes yhelde sal I Bifore alle his folke.▪ ...
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Behote Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary
Behote definition: Obsolete form of behight.
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behote - definition and meaning - Wordnik
Same as behight . from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. verb obsolete Alternative form of behight . Etymologies.
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Beot
A shifting of the stress from bíhát to bi-ˈhát, on analogy of the verb, gave the late Old English beˈhát, from which the Middle English word behote derives
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again-behote, v. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the verb again-behote. See 'Meaning & use' for definition, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is now obsolete.
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Meaning of BEHOTE and related words - OneLook
We found 3 dictionaries that define the word behote: General (3 matching dictionaries). behote: Merriam-Webster; behote: Wiktionary; behote: Wordnik.
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behight - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
(obsolete, transitive) To vow, promise (someone). · (dialectal, Northern England) To be designated. · (obsolete, transitive) To give in trust; to commit; to ...
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bihot and behot - Middle English Compendium - University of Michigan
1. (a) A promise or pledge; (b) something promised, a reward or blessing. Show 10 Quotations Hide 10 Quotations. Associated quotations.
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behete
▪ I. † beˈhete, n. Obs. [f. behete, one of the forms of behight, v.: cf. the earlier behote, and parallel behight n.] A promise, a vow.c 1460 Towneley Myst. 159 Thise prophetys..That have knowyng of his behetys. 1470 Harding Chron. cxl. xi, Traytour he was, and false of his behete.▪ II. behete varia...
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behate
▪ I. behate early form of behote n., behight v.▪ II. † beˈhate, ppl. a. Obs. Also 4 by-. [f. be- 2 + hate.] To hold in hatred, to hate greatly, detest.c 1340 Cursor M. 11962 (Laud MS.) Why he makyth vs for his maners by-hatid [v.r. be hated] þus. c 1374 Chaucer Boeth. iii. iv. 75 Al was he byhated o...
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beot
† beot, n. Obs. [OE. béot, contr. from earlier *ˈb{iacu}hát ‘promise,’ the original noun-form, corresponding to the vb. bi-, be-ˈhátan: see be-, by-. For the contraction cf. héold (:—ˈhe-hald), béo, etc. A shifting of the stress from ˈb{iacu}hát to bi-ˈhát, on analogy of the vb., gave the late OE. b...
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behight
▪ I. † beˈhight, v. Obs. For forms see below. [An OTeut. compound vb.: OE. bi-, behátan = OHG. biheiȥan, Goth. biháitan (in derivatives), f. bi-, be- + OE. hátan = Goth. háitan to call, pa. tense haiháit, (= heháit), pa. pple. haitans. The reduplicated pa. tense appeared in OE. as heht (:—*ˈhehat:—*...
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