Definitions For Behight

Noun

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

Verb

behights , behighting , behight , past2=behighted (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 {{qualifier, 13th-16th centuries}}

Etymology

from middle english beheten, behoten (preterite behighte), from {{inh + en + ang + behātan + + to promise, vow, pledge oneself, threaten}} (preterite beheht + behēhte), corresponding to be + hight. cognate with {{cog + sco + beheit}}, behecht + + to promise, vow, {{cog + gmh + beheizen + + to promise}}.