hight

[ hahyt ]

/ haɪt /

adjective

Archaic. called or named: Childe Harold was he hight.

Origin of hight

before 900; Middle English; Old English heht, reduplicated preterit of hātan to name, call, promise, command (cognate with German heissen to call, be called, mean); akin to behest

Words nearby hight

high stick, high-sticking, High Street, high-strung, high style, hight, high table, hightail, hightail it, High Tatra, high tea

Definition for hight (2 of 2)

hight²

[ hahyt ]

/ haɪt /

noun

height.

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Example sentences from the Web for hight

Nervous as a horse when wolves are near, I scent danger, and pack my box ready for Hight without being able to decide on it.
The Inferno|August Strindberg
The elder of the two was Killbuck, of mountain fame; the other was hight La Bont.
In the Old West|George Frederick Ruxton
And as to the name of our said city, it hight the City of the Stark-wall, or more shortly, Stark-wall.
The Wood Beyond the World|William Morris
SIR, said she, there was a king that hight Pelles, the maimed king.
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)|Thomas Malory

Arriving at the hight, he stood still by the side of the Seven Oaks, which had once been the glory of his country home.
Sevenoaks|J. G. Holland

British Dictionary definitions for hight

hight

/ (haɪt) /

verb

(tr; used only as a past tense in the passive or as a past participle) archaic, poetic to name; calla maid hight Mary

Word Origin for hight

Old English heht, from hatan to call; related to Old Norse heita, Old Frisian hēta, Old High German heizzan

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单词	hight
释义	hight ¹ [ hahyt ] / haɪt / adjective Archaic. called or named: Childe Harold was he hight. Origin of hight ¹ before 900; Middle English; Old English heht, reduplicated preterit of hātan to name, call, promise, command (cognate with German heissen to call, be called, mean); akin to behest Words nearby hight high stick, high-sticking, High Street, high-strung, high style, hight, high table, hightail, hightail it, High Tatra, high tea Definition for hight (2 of 2) hight² [ hahyt ] / haɪt / noun height. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hight Nervous as a horse when wolves are near, I scent danger, and pack my box ready for Hight without being able to decide on it. The Inferno\|August Strindberg The elder of the two was Killbuck, of mountain fame; the other was hight La Bont. In the Old West\|George Frederick Ruxton And as to the name of our said city, it hight the City of the Stark-wall, or more shortly, Stark-wall. The Wood Beyond the World\|William Morris SIR, said she, there was a king that hight Pelles, the maimed king. Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)\|Thomas Malory Arriving at the hight, he stood still by the side of the Seven Oaks, which had once been the glory of his country home. Sevenoaks\|J. G. Holland British Dictionary definitions for hight hight / (haɪt) / verb (tr; used only as a past tense in the passive or as a past participle) archaic, poetic to name; calla maid hight Mary Word Origin for hight Old English heht, from hatan to call; related to Old Norse heita, Old Frisian hēta, Old High German heizzan Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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