behat

From be- +‎ hat.

behat (third-person singular simple present behats, present participle behatting, simple past and past participle behatted)

1. (rare, transitive) To place a hat upon (someone's head).

• Bathé, beath, Habte, bathe

be- +‎ hat

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛɦɒt]
• Hyphenation: be‧hat
• Rhymes: -ɒt

behat

1. (intransitive, archaic) to penetrate, enter

   Synonyms: behatol, bemegy, belép, bejut, beér

2. (intransitive, archaic) to affect, influence, impinge, act on, bear on (-ba/-be)

   Synonyms: hat, kihat, hatással van, érint, befolyásol

• behat in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• behat in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Equivalent to be- +‎ hāt.

• IPA^(key): /beˈxɑːt/, [beˈhɑːt]

behāt n

1. promise

The Late West Saxon of Ælfric used this word for "a promise," while the Early West Saxon of King Alfred used ġehāt instead.

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “BEHĀT”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “BEHĀT supplemental input”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎^[2], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.