Hǽs

Bosworth & Toller Anglo-Saxon Old English Dictionary - hǽs

According to the Old English Dictionary:

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hǽs
f. A command, hest, behest :-- Hǽs jussio, Ælfc. Gr. 9; Som. 8, 40. Gehír God mín gebed exaudi Deus orationem meam. On ðysum is gebed and ná hǽs hear my prayer, O God. In this there is a prayer, not a command, Ælfc. Gr. 33; Som. 37, 52 : Cd. 6; Th. 8, 14; Gen. 124. Be his hláfordes hǽse by his lord's command, Gen. 24, 10 : Ex. 18; 23 : Cd. 46; Th. 59, 18; Gen. 965 : 69; Th. 82, 31; Gen. 1370 : 85; Th. 106, 35; Gen. 1781. Búton ǽnigre hǽse abs quolibet jussu, Ælfc. Gr. 47; Som. 47, 54. Under abbodes hǽsum under the commands of an abbot, Homl. Th. ii. 118, 29. [Orm. hæs : Laym. A. R. hest : cf. Goth. haiti.] DER. be-hǽs. hæs
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