Wight

Pronunciation

 * (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
 * (in accents with the wine-whine merger)
 * (in accents with the wine-whine merger)

Etymology 1
From, from wiht:, from , from , from. Cognate with wiht:,  wicht:,  Wicht:,  vätte:. See also.

Noun

 * 1)  A living creature, especially a human being.
 * 2)  A being of one of the Nine Worlds of heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor.
 * 3)  A ghost or other supernatural entity.

Quotations

 * circa 1602, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act i, sc. 3:
 * O base Hungarian wight! wilt thou the spigot wield?
 * 1626, John Milton, On the Death of a Fair Infant Dying of a Cough, verse vi
 * Oh say me true if thou wert mortal wight And why from us so quickly thou didst take thy flight.
 * 1789, William Blake, A Dream, lines 14-15-16
 * But I saw a glow-worm near, Who replied: ‘What wailing wight Calls the watchman of the night?

Etymology 2
From, from vígt:, neuter of vígr:, cognate with Old English wig:.

Adjective

 * 1) (archaic except in dialects) Brave, valorous, strong.
 * 2) *1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVIII:
 * ‘if hit please you, he shall ryde with you unto that justis, for he ys of hys age stronge and wyght.’

Noun

 * 1) A wight.
 * 2) * 1368-1372, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Book of the Duchess, line 579:
 * "Worste of alle wightes."
 * 1) * 1379-1380, Geoffrey Chaucer, The House of Fame, line 1830-1831:
 * "We ben shrewes, every wight,
 * And han delyt in wikkednes."

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