different between bedight vs behight

English

Etymology

From Middle English bedighten, bidihten; equivalent to be- +? dight.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b??da?t/
  • (Canada) IPA^(key): [b??d??t]
• Rhymes: -a?t

Verb

bedight (third-person singular simple present bedights, present participle bedighting, simple past and past participle bedight or bedighted)

1. (archaic) To equip or bedeck.

Adjective

bedight (comparative more bedight, superlative most bedight)

1. (archaic) That has been equipped or bedecked.

Anagrams

• Digbeth

English

Alternative forms

• behote (13th-16th centuries)

Etymology

From Middle English beheten, bihaten, behoten (preterite behighte), from Old English beh?tan (“to promise, vow, pledge oneself, threaten”) (preterite beh?hte), corresponding to be- +? hight. Cognate with Scots beheit, behecht (“to promise, vow”), Middle High German beheizen (“to promise”).

Verb

behight (third-person singular simple present behights, present participle behighting, simple past and past participle behight or behighted)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To vow, promise (someone).
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book II:

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

2. (dialectal, Northern England) To be designated.

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

3. (obsolete, transitive) To give in trust; to commit; to entrust.
4. (obsolete) To mean, or intend.
   • 1559, unknown author, Mirror for Magistrates

     More than heart behighteth.

5. (obsolete) To consider or esteem to be; to declare to be.
6. (obsolete) To call; to name; to address.
7. (obsolete) To command; to order.

Noun

behight (plural behights)

1. (obsolete) A vow; a promise.