behight — English Dictionary

Verb

1. To vow, promise (someone).

   Usage

   • Obsolete
   • Transitive

   Examples

   Thenne I behote yow sayd Balyn parte of his blood to hele youre sone with alle.

2. To be designated.

   Usage

   • Northern-England
   • dialectal

   Examples

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

3. To give in trust; to commit; to entrust.

   Usage

   • Obsolete
   • Transitive

   Examples

   The keys are to thy hand behight.

4. To mean, or intend.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   More than heart behighteth.

5. To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   But nathelesse whilst all the lookers on / Him dead behight, as he to all appeard, / All vnawares he started vp anon,

6. To call; to name; to address.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   Whom […] he knew and thus behight.

7. To command; to order.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   And his well proued weapons to him hent; / So taking courteous conge he behight, / Those gates to be vnbar'd, and forth he went.

Noun

1. A vow; a promise.

   Usage

   • Obsolete