behight

Meanings

Verb

• To vow, promise (someone).
• To be designated.
• To give in trust; to commit; to entrust.
• To mean, or intend.
• To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
• To call; to name; to address.
• To command; to order.

Noun

• A vow; a promise.

Origin

• From Middle English beheten, bihaten, behoten (preterite behighte), from Old English behātan ("to promise, vow, pledge oneself, threaten") (preterite beheht), corresponding to be- + hight. Cognate with Scots beheit, behecht, Middle High German beheizen ("to promise").