Definitions for behight
be·hight

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. behightverb

   To vow, promise (someone).

2. behightverb

   To be designated.

   Wheea behight thee? = What is your name/to whom do you belong?

3. Etymology: From beheten, behoten (preterit behighte), from behatan (preterit beheht), corresponding to. Cognate with beheit, behecht, beheizen.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Behightverb

   pret. behot part. behight.

   Etymology: from hatan , to promise, Sax.

   1. To promise.

   Sir Guyon, mindful of his vow yplight,
   Up rose from drowsy couch, and him addrest,
   Unto the journey which he had behight. Fairy Queen, b. ii. cant. ii.

   2. To entrust; to commit.

   That most glorious house that glist’reth bright,
   Whereof the keys are to thy hand behight
   By wise Fidelia. Fairy Queen, b. i. cant. x. stanz. 50.

   3. Perhaps to call; to name; hight being often put, in old authors, for named, or was named.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Behight

   of Behight

2. Behight

   of Behight

3. Behight

   to promise; to vow

4. Behight

   to give in trust; to commit; to intrust

5. Behight

   to adjudge; to assign by authority

6. Behight

   to mean, or intend

7. Behight

   to consider or esteem to be; to declare to be

8. Behight

   to call; to name; to address

9. Behight

   to command; to order

10. Behightnoun

    a vow; a promise

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Behight

   be-hīt′, v.t. (Spens.) to promise, to entrust, to speak to, to command, to reckon or esteem to be:—pr.p. behīght′ing; pa.t. behōte′; pa.p. behīght.—n. (obs.) a vow, a promise. [A.S. behátan, be-, and hátan, to call.]

How to pronounce behight?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say behight in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of behight in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of behight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Behight
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=behight
3. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behight
4. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=behight