wight
1
9.9
A person mentioned in old stories or poems
- noun
- /waɪt/
- Archaic
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ser
- Long ago, a wise wight traveled the kingdoms, sharing stories of courage and love.
Examples
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The minstrel's song was about a brave wight who faced great dangers to protect his land.
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In the old tale, every wight in the village gathered to celebrate the harvest festival.
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There every wight save he, maister and knave,
Fiction book (1994) -
Mrs. Wong is "wight."
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God is that "wight" who rescues his signifiers, just as he is the one who sent his son to redeem humanity from eternal damnation by suffering and dying on the cross.
Fiction book (1994) -
He was a wight of high renown And thou art but of low degree 'Tis pride that pulls the country down Then take thine auld cloak... ...about thee
Synonyms
creature
vswight
∞
1.3
A living being such as an animal, not a plant or thing
is archaic and poetic and used especially for human persons
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Wight comes from the old English word wiht, which meant 'thing' or 'living being'. So in old poems a wight often simply means 'a person'.