Behight Definition

verb

(dialectal, Northern England) To be designated.

Wheea behight thee? = What is your name/to whom do you belong?
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To command; to order.
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Origin of Behight

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

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