wight : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: wight	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for wight
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wight n a human being; `wight' is an archaic term [syn: creature, wight] an isle and county of southern England in the English Channel Synonym(s): Wight, Isle of Wight
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wight \Wight\, a. [OE. wight, wiht, probably of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. v[c6]gr in fighting condition, neut. v[c6]gh [?][?][?] v[c6]g war, akin to AS. w[c6]g See {Vanquish}.] Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active. [Obs. or Poetic] 'T is full wight, God wot, as is a roe. --Chaucer. He was so wimble and so wight. --Spenser. They were Night and Day, and Day and Night, Pilgrims wight with steps forthright. --Emerson.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wight \Wight\, n. Weight. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Wight \Wight\, n. [OE. wight, wiht, a wight, a whit, AS. wiht, wuht, a creature, a thing; skin to D. wicht a child, OS. & OHG. wiht a creature, thing, G. wicht a creature, Icel. v[91]tt[?] a wight, v[91]tt[?] a whit, Goth. wa[a1]hts, wa[a1]ht, thing; cf. Russ. veshche a thing. [?]. Cf. {Whit}.] 1. A whit; a bit; a jot. [Obs.] She was fallen asleep a little wight. --Chaucer. 2. A supernatural being. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 3. A human being; a person, either male or female; -- now used chiefly in irony or burlesque, or in humorous language. [bd]Worst of all wightes.[b8] --Chaucer. Every wight that hath discretion. --Chaucer. Oh, say me true if thou wert mortal wight. --Milton.