Proto-Germanic: *xai[f]isti-z, *xai[f]t=
Meaning: violence, fury, hurry
Gothic: haifst-s f. (i) `conflict'
Old Norse: heift, heipt, heifst `Feindschaft, Hass'
Old English: hǟst (hēst), -e f. `violence, fury', häst, ? hǟste `violent, vehement, impetuous'
Old Frisian: hāst `Eile'; hāste `heftig, gewaltsam'
Middle Dutch: heist `Heftigkeit'
Middle Low German: heist `Heftigkeit'
Old High German: heiste `heftig, gewaltsam'
