10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEHIGHT»
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1
Spenser's Faerie Queene
10 trnst, to name, to call : from be and hatam] e: th] hand behight, committed,
trusted. B. i. C. 10. St. 50. Behight me, name me, B. i.C. to. St. 64. Thejourngv
which he had behight, promised to undertake, B. ii. C. 3. St. t. to hit charge
behight, ...
Edmund Spenser, John Upton, 1758
2
Dictionnary of the English Language with Numerous ...
n. s. [Either from be and haere, Sax. a command ; or from beheban, to behight;
which verb signifies, among other senses, to command ; though not so noticed by
Dr. Johnson. Behest is in the Prompt. Parv. rendered pro- missio ; and to behight,
...
3
A Supplement to Johnson's English Dictionary: Of which the ...
There need have been no doubt of this fense; for it, and also 1 to declare' may be
exemplified from Spenser. Why of late Didst thou behight me born* of Englisli
blood? F.%. BJ. C.X. st.64. The second was to Triamond behight. Ib. B.IV. CV. st.7
.
George Mason, Samuel Johnson, 1801
4
The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
So, brought unto his lord, where he did sit Beholding all lhat womanish weake
fight ; Whom soone as he beheld he knew, and thus behight (addressed).
Spenser. There it was"~judged, by those worthy wights. That Satyrane the first
day best ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington)
5
The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
So, brought unto his lord, where he did sit Beholding all that womanish weakc
fight ; Whom soone as he beheld he knew, and thus behight (addressed).
Spenser. There it was judged, by those worthy wights, That Satyrane the first day
best had ...
6
Faerie Queene Book Four
... d,d, d,d, A Knight much better thenthy selfe behight, A Knight much better
thenthyselfe behight,A Knightmuch better then thyselfe behight, A Knightmuch
better thenthy selfe behight,A Knightmuch better thenthy selfe behight, Ah gentle
knight ...
7
A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and ...
Whereof the keys are to thy hand behight. ' Inna. Dld'st thou behight me, born of
English blood. law. Chaucer uses it in the sense of to inform or assure. In right ill
array She was, with storm and heat, I you behight. CHAUCEB'S Fnounn AND ...
Uprose from drowsie couch, and him addrest Unto the journey which. he had
behight : His puissaunt armes about his noble brest, And many-folded shield he
bound about his wrest. II. Then taking CongE of that Virgin pure, The bloody-
banded ...
Edmund Spenser, Ralph Church, 1759
9
The works of Edmund Spenser, with notes by H.J. Todd
higfit] Hight and behight may be found in Chaucer as signifying to promise. See
Tyr- whitt's Glosi". to Chaucer, V. Behighte and Highte. Behight often occurs also
for promised in Gower. Poilibly from this usage of the word, Spenser, with a little ...
Edmund Spenser, Henry John Todd, 1805
10
A Glossary and Etymological Dictionary of Obsolete and ...
That his behests they fear'd as tyrants' law. Spensea's F. Queen. Beniont (S.
behetan), to call, name, or promise, 'Whereof the keys are to thy hand behight.
Inin. Did'st thou behight me, born of English blood. Inin. Chaucer uses it in the
sense of ...
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