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wight
I. \ˈwīt, usu -īd.+V\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English wight, wiht creature, thing, from Old English wiht; akin to Old High German wiht creature, thing, Old Norse vættr creature, being, Gothic waihts thing, Old Slavic ves̆tĭ
1. : a living being : creature, man
< no patriarch he … but a withered, anxious, crabbed wight — Compton Mackenzie >
< yonder a maid and her wight — Thomas Hardy >
< one of those benighted wights — Normal Cousins >
< any luckless wight … who gets his wife in bad with her boss — G.W.Johnson >
2. archaic : a preternatural being (as a fairy or witch)
< protection against uncouth wights — William Morris >
II. adjective
Etymology: Middle English wight, wiht, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse vīgr skilled in fighting, in fighting condition (neuter vīgt), vīg fight — more at victor
1. archaic : valiant, stalwart
2. dialect
a. : strong
b. : swift
III. adverb
or wight·ly
Etymology: wight from Middle English, from wight, wiht strong, swift; wightly from Middle English, from wight, wiht strong, swift + -ly
dialect
1. : strongly
2. : swiftly |