auxiliary verb

1. may
2. used as a modal auxiliary in verbal phrases with present or future time reference, generally equivalent to may in meaning and use, with the following functions:
   1. expressing esp. a shade of doubt or a lesser degree of possibility it might rain
   2. expressing a lesser degree of permission might I go?
   3. expressing a lesser degree of obligation you might try to help

Etymology: ME mihte < OE, akin to Ger möchte

intransitive verb

noun

1. great or superior strength, power, force, or vigor
2. strength or power of any degree

Etymology: ME mighte < OE miht, akin to Ger macht < IE base *māgh-, to be able > ON magn