Hight vs Wight - What's the difference?
hight | wight |
(archaic) To call, name.
(archaic) To be called or named.
(archaic) Called, named.
(archaic) A living creature, especially a human being.
* circa 1602 , , act 1, scene 3:
* 1626 , , verse vi
(paganism) A being of one of the Nine Worlds of heathen belief, especially a nature spirit, elf or ancestor.
(poetic) A ghost or other supernatural entity.
* 1789 , , lines 14-15-16
(fantasy) A wraith-like creature.
(archaic except in dialects ) Brave, valorous, strong.
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*:I haue two sones that were but late made knyghtes / and the eldest hyghte sir Tirre // and my yongest sone hyght Lauayne / and yf hit please yow / he shalle ryde with yow vnto that Iustes / and he is of his age x stronge and wyght
Strong; stout; active.
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English terms with homophones
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In archaic|lang=en terms the difference between hight and wight
is that hight is (archaic) called, named while wight is (archaic) a living creature, especially a human being.As adjectives the difference between hight and wight
is that hight is (archaic) called, named while wight is (archaic except in dialects ) brave, valorous, strong.As nouns the difference between hight and wight
is that hight is while wight is (archaic) a living creature, especially a human being.As a verb hight
is (archaic|transitive) to call, name.hight
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Verb
Adjective
(-)Etymology 2
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*Alternative forms
*hightewight
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl), from (etyl) . See also (l). The meaning of the wraith-like creature is from barrow-wights in world.Noun
(en noun)- O base Hungarian wight ! wilt thou the spigot wield?
- Oh say me true if thou wert mortal wight
And why from us so quickly thou didst take thy flight.
- But I saw a glow-worm near,
Who replied: ‘What wailing wight
Calls the watchman of the night?
