wight
wight (wīt)
noun
- Obsolete a living being; creature
- Archaic a human being; person: now sometimes used in a patronizing or commiserating sense
Etymology: ME wiht < OE, akin to Ger wicht, creature, Goth waihts, thing < IE base *wekti-, thing > OSlav veštǐ, thing
wight (wīt)
adjective
Etymology: ME wihte < ON vigt, neut. of vigr, skilled in arms, akin to OE wigan, to fight: for IE base see victor
Wight (wīt)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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