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Old English · adjective

hæst

Normalised hǣst

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/xæːst/
[hæːst]
Syllables
xæːst (1 syllable)
Modern English
violenceviolentvehementfury

hæst1 · adjective

Senses

  1. violent

  2. vehement

Declension

Strong declension of hæst
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative hǣsthǣsthǣst
Accusative hǣstnehǣstehǣst
Genitive hǣsteshǣstrehǣstes
Dative hǣstumhǣstrehǣstum
Instrumental hǣstehǣstrehǣste
Plural
Nominative hǣstehǣstahǣstehǣst
Accusative hǣstehǣstahǣstehǣst
Genitive hǣstrahǣstrahǣstra
Dative hǣstumhǣstumhǣstum
Instrumental hǣstumhǣstumhǣstum
Weak declension of hæst
MasculineFeminineNeuter
Singular
Nominative hǣstahǣstehǣste
Accusative hǣstanhǣstanhǣste
Genitive hǣstanhǣstanhǣstan
Dative hǣstanhǣstanhǣstan
Instrumental hǣstanhǣstanhǣstan
Plural
Nominative hǣstanhǣstanhǣstan
Accusative hǣstanhǣstanhǣstan
Genitive hǣstrahǣstenahǣstrahǣstenahǣstrahǣstena
Dative hǣstumhǣstumhǣstum
Instrumental hǣstumhǣstumhǣstum

hæst2 · noun · feminine

Senses

  1. violence, fury

  2. strife

Declension · strong ō-stem

Declension of hæst
SingularPlural
Nominative hǣsthǣstahǣste
Accusative hǣstehǣstahǣste
Genitive hǣstehǣsta
Dative hǣstehǣstum

All forms (10)

Etymology

Proto-West Germanic *haifsti, from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“violence”). Akin to Old Saxon hāste (“haste”), Old Norse heifst (“hatred”), Gothic (haifsts, “quarrel”), Lithuanian kaipstù, kaiptī (“to be dizzy”).

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