Definitions For Behight

Noun

BEHIGHT (plural BEHIGHTs) (obsolete) A vow; a promise.

Verb

behights , behighting , behight (obsolete, transitive) To vow, promise (someone). (dialectal, Northern England) To be designated. : Wheea behight thee? = What is your name/to whom do you belong? (obsolete, transitive) To give in trust; to commit; to entrust. (obsolete) To mean, or intend. (obsolete) To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be. (obsolete) To call; to name; to address. (obsolete) To command; to order.

Alternative forms

behote

Etymology

From Middle English beheten, behoten (preterite behighte), from (preterite beheht + behēhte), corresponding to be + hight. Cognate with , behecht + + to promise, vow, .